termagant
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['t?m?g?nt]
- adj. 暴躁的；兇悍的；好爭(zhēng)吵的
- n. 潑婦；悍婦
中文詞源
termagant 潑婦，悍婦
來(lái)自 Termagant,異化自古法語(yǔ) Tervagant,來(lái)自意大利語(yǔ) Trivagante,詞源不確定，常解釋為 tri-, 三，-vag,漫游，流浪，詞源同 vagrant.代表新月的三個(gè)階段，用于指伊斯蘭教的新月標(biāo)志， 參照 Red Crescent.該詞為中世紀(jì)歐洲在神秘劇表演中，歐洲人強(qiáng)加給穆斯林教徒的神，認(rèn)為 Tergamant 是穆斯林教徒所崇拜的除穆罕默德之外的神，通常為暴力的，專橫的，好爭(zhēng)吵的 形象，最后固定為暴躁的女神。引申詞義潑婦，悍婦。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife.
- 即使在這樣的堡壘里,不幸的瑞普到底還是被他那兇悍的老婆趕出來(lái)了.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 2. A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
- 從某些方面來(lái)說(shuō), 有一個(gè)潑辣的妻子,也可以看作是相當(dāng)有福氣的.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
- 因此, 從某些方面來(lái)說(shuō), 有個(gè)潑辣的妻子,也可以看作是相當(dāng)有福氣的.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?
- 虎妞雖然厲害, 但是沒(méi)了她怎能成個(gè)家 呢 ?
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)