termagant
['t?m?g?nt]
- adj. 暴躁的；兇悍的；好爭吵的
- n. 潑婦；悍婦
中文詞源
termagant 潑婦，悍婦
來自 Termagant,異化自古法語 Tervagant,來自意大利語 Trivagante,詞源不確定，常解釋為 tri-, 三，-vag,漫游，流浪，詞源同 vagrant.代表新月的三個階段，用于指伊斯蘭教的新月標志， 參照 Red Crescent.該詞為中世紀歐洲在神秘劇表演中，歐洲人強加給穆斯林教徒的神，認為 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了.
來自辭典例句
- 2. A termagant wife may, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
- 從某些方面來說, 有一個潑辣的妻子,也可以看作是相當有福氣的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.
- 因此, 從某些方面來說, 有個潑辣的妻子,也可以看作是相當有福氣的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Tigress might have been a termagant, but without her what home could he have?
- 虎妞雖然厲害, 但是沒了她怎能成個家 呢 ?
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