termagant
['t?m?g?nt]
- adj. 暴躁的；凶悍的；好争吵的
- n. 泼妇；悍妇
中文词源
termagant 泼妇，悍妇
来自 Termagant,异化自古法语 Tervagant,来自意大利语 Trivagante,词源不确定，常解释为 tri-, 三，-vag,漫游，流浪，词源同 vagrant.代表新月的三个阶段，用于指伊斯兰教的新月标志， 参照 Red Crescent.该词为中世纪欧洲在神秘剧表演中，欧洲人强加给穆斯林教徒的神，认为 Tergamant 是穆斯林教徒所崇拜的除穆罕默德之外的神，通常为暴力的，专横的，好争吵的 形象，最后固定为暴躁的女神。引申词义泼妇，悍妇。
英文词源
- termagant (n.)
- c. 1500, "violent, overbearing person" (especially of women), from Teruagant, Teruagaunt (c. 1200), name of a fictitious Muslim deity appearing in medieval morality plays, from Old French Tervagant, a proper name in Chanson de Roland (c. 1100), of uncertain origin. As an adjective from 1590s.
双语例句
- 1. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife.
- 即使在这样的堡垒里,不幸的瑞普到底还是被他那凶悍的老婆赶出来了.
来自辞典例句
- 2. A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
- 从某些方面来说, 有一个泼辣的妻子,也可以看作是相当有福气的.
来自互联网
- 3. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
- 因此, 从某些方面来说, 有个泼辣的妻子,也可以看作是相当有福气的.
来自互联网
- 4. Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?
- 虎妞虽然厉害, 但是没了她怎能成个家 呢 ?
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