Shrew
[ʃruː] or [ʃru]
解释:
(noun.) small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles.
(noun.) a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman.
埃尔希编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Wicked; malicious.
(a.) Originally, a brawling, turbulent, vexatious person of either sex, but now restricted in use to females; a brawler; a scold.
(a.) Any small insectivore of the genus Sorex and several allied genera of the family Sorecidae. In form and color they resemble mice, but they have a longer and more pointed nose. Some of them are the smallest of all mammals.
(a.) To beshrew; to curse.
亨利录入
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Brawler, scold, termagant, vixen, virago, fury, hag, beldam, turbulent woman.[2]. Shrew-mouse.
手打:托马斯
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Vixen, scold, virago, termagant
ANT:Angel, dove
埃莉诺手打
解释:
n. a brawling troublesome woman: a scold: a family of insectivorous mammals closely resembling in general form and appearance the true mice and dormice—the head long muzzle long and pointed.—adj. Shrewd of an acute judgment: biting keen: sly malicious wicked cunning vixenish.—adv. Shrewd′ly.—n. Shrewd′ness.—adj. Shrew′ish having the qualities of a shrew: peevish and troublesome: clamorous.—adv. Shrew′ishly.—ns. Shrew′ishness; Shrew′-mole a genus of insectivorous mammals of the family Talpid very closely allied to the moles.—adj. Shrew′-struck poisoned or blasted by a shrew.
编辑:朱尔斯
娱乐性解释:
To dream of a shrew, foretells that you will have a task to keep some friend in a cheerful frame of mind, and that you will unfit yourself for the experiences of everyday existence.
校对:拉里
例句:
- No one regards the external similarity of a mouse to a shrew, of a dugong to a whale, of a whale to a fish, as of any importance. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- It was you as did for your shrew sister. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- The doll's dressmaker had become a little quaint shrew; of the world, worldly; of the earth, earthy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- You're a foul shrew, Mother Gargery, growled the journeyman. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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