泼妇是一个汉语词汇,拼音是pō fù,意思指蛮横不讲理的女人。出自元 杨显之《潇湘雨》第四折:“左右,还有一个泼妇,也与我去拿出来。”
职员们在她背后骂她是泼妇等等,但每个人对她的能力却深感敬畏。
The staff called her a virago and other things behind her back, but everyone was awed by her abilities.
比如说,「泼妇」(shrew)这个字,在中世纪晚期指的是佃农。
The word "shrew, " for example, was a late medieval term for peasant.
她不是那种伶牙利齿的泼妇,不会用恶毒的词句和如簧之舌来保护自己。
Eg . She was not the shrew who had a glib tongue to defend herself with a vicious vocabulary and a fast lip.
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