单词：termagant
音标：['tә:mә^әnt] ；
n. 悍妇, 泼妇
a. 凶悍的, 暴躁的
a. 凶悍的, 暴躁的
n a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
词型变化：名词复数形式 : termagants
termagant的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- 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？
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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,也可以看作是一种可以忍受的福气。
经典引文
Saul (who only in fishing found peace from his termagant wife).
出自：C. Stead