shrew

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 shro͞o

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
  2. Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
  3. An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold. derogatory
    — The clerk had, I'm afraid, a shrew of a wife—shrill, vehement, and fluent. 'Rogue,' 'old miser,' 'old sneak,' and a great many worse names, she called him.
动词 v.
  1. To beshrew; to curse. obsolete,transitive
    — I shrew myself.

词形变化

shrews plural shrow alternative shrews present,singular,third-person shrewing participle,present shrewed participle,past shrewed past

词汇关系

近义词
battle axe bitch brim brimstone cat crow dragon faggot fishwife harpy harridan hellcat jade nag nudnik scold she-devil shrew termagant virago vixen witch
上位词
complainer jerk woman
下位词
grimalkin madam
衍生词
armored shrew Bendire's shrew common shrew elephant shrew Elliot's short-tailed shrew erd shrew Etruscan shrew hardishrew hero shrew Himalayan shrew house shrew Jesus shrew jumping shrew marsh shrew marsupial shrew McCarthy's shrew mole shrew musk shrew Nelson's small-eared shrew northern tree shrew ornate shrew otter shrew Pearson's long-clawed shrew red-toothed shrew Sado shrew Saint Lawrence Island shrew shrewd shrewdom shrew-faced squirrel shrewish shrewlike shrewly shrew mole shrewmouse shrew opossum shrew possum shrew-run Sierra shrew slender shrew Tate's shrew rat tree shrew tree-shrew treeshrew true shrew tule shrew water shrew West Indies shrew
相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).
词源 2
From Middle English schrewen (“to make evil; curse”), from Middle English schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“wicked; evil; an evil person”), from Old English *scrēawa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Perhaps ultimately from the same word as Etymology 1 above.
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