harridan
harridan 英 [ˈhærɪdən] 美 [ˈhærɪdn]
n. 脾气暴躁的老泼妇；枯槁的老妇人
名词复数:harridans
- You might call the old lady next door who yells at you to stay off her lawn a harridan. When you see the word harridan, think of the Wicked Witch of the West — a mean-tempered, sharp-tongued old woman.
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- n. 脾气暴躁的老泼妇；枯槁的老妇人
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1. Hard to believe that this scrawny, hatchet-faced harridan was Lily's sister, but yes, somehow she bore the traces which marked one who had had the love – however unrequited – of a powerful witch.
很难相信这个干瘦的，马脸的泼妇是莉莉的姐姐，但是，是的，以某种方式深深刻进她脸庞里的痕迹显示着她是那个强大女巫所爱的人——尽管是未曾回报的爱。
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2. I've always considered myself a pretty easy-going parent, and yet here they are telling me I'm a nay-saying harridan.
我一直认为我是一个脾气很好的妈妈，但是他们竟然说我是一个总说“不”的老巫婆。
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3. The nearest well was south and west of the harridan so they set off in that direction the bells on their collars ringing merrily with every step. No one paid them any mind.
最近的水井再老泼妇（那个投石机）的西南方向，于是他们便直接向那个防线走去，而每走一步都伴着项圈铃的欢快饷声。
- harridan (n.) 1700, "one that is half Whore, half Bawd" ["Dictionary of the Canting Crew"]; "a decayed strumpet" [Johnson], probably from French haridelle "a poore tit, or leane ill-favored jade," [Cotgrave's French-English dictionary, 1611], attested in French from 16c., a word of unknown origin.
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