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be a shrew
shrew 是可数名词，指爱责骂、脾气不好的女人，含贬义。
She is a shrew.
她是个泼妇。
泼妇；悍妇
shrews — plural of shrew
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
泼妇；悍妇
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
She is a shrew.
她是个泼妇。
多种小型、似鼠、主要夜间活动的鼩鼱科哺乳动物
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
爱责骂、唠叨、脾气坏的女人
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
某些类似真鼩鼱的其他小型哺乳动物
Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
长吻的小型鼠类哺乳动物；与鼹鼠近缘
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
My aunt can be a real shrew when she is tired, scolding everyone for no reason.
我姑姑累了的时候会真像个泼妇，无缘无故地骂所有人。
The shopkeeper called the woman a shrew after she complained angrily for ten minutes.
女顾客愤怒地抱怨了十分钟后，店主叫她悍妇。
People in the village avoided the two shrews, who always quarreled at the market.
村里的人都避开那两个泼妇，她们总在市场上吵架。
shrew 是可数名词，指爱责骂、脾气不好的女人，含贬义。
She is a shrew.
她是个泼妇。
call 后接宾语和名词短语作宾语补足语，也可说 describe her as a shrew。
They called her a shrew.
他们叫她泼妇。
Not this
She is a shrew businesswoman.
Use this
She is a shrewd businesswoman.
shrew 是名词，意为“泼妇”；修饰人时应用形容词 shrewd（精明的），不能把名词误当形容词用。
Not this
He is a shrew.
Use this
He is a shrewish man.
shrew 特指“泼妇”，不能用来指男性；要表达“像泼妇一样爱骂人的男人”，应用形容词 shrewish 修饰 man。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
爱唠叨的泼妇
He said living with a nagging shrew was exhausting.
他说跟一个爱唠叨的泼妇住在一起令人精疲力竭。
脾气暴躁的悍妇
The whole street avoided the bad-tempered shrew.
整条街的人都躲着那个脾气暴躁的悍妇。
凶恶的泼妇
The article described the mayor as a vicious shrew.
那篇文章把市长描述成一个凶恶的泼妇。
驯服泼妇
He joked that it was harder than taming a shrew.
他开玩笑说这比驯服泼妇还难。
驯悍记；比喻对泼辣或难以驾驭的人进行管教
Negotiating with the committee felt like the taming of the shrew.
与委员会谈判就像在驯服泼妇一样。
驯服泼妇；使悍妇变得温顺
He thought he could tame a shrew, but she soon proved too strong-willed.
他以为能驯服泼妇，但她很快证明自己意志太坚强。
《驯悍记》
In Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio marries the shrew Katherine and tries to tame her.
在莎士比亚的喜剧《驯悍记》中，彼特鲁乔娶了泼妇凯瑟琳并试图驯服她。
Use shrews naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
shrew 以 sh 开头，像‘嘘’的发音——但泼妇不会让你安静，反而骂得更凶。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary texts、classical or historical writing 该词表示“泼妇、悍妇”，通常见于文学或较正式的书面语境，多用于形容爱骂人、脾气坏的女人；日常口语中比较少见。
以上单词都与 /ʃruː/ 押韵：它们都含相同的元音 /uː/，且拼写中多有 -ew。注意拼写相似的 sew /soʊ/（缝）和古拼法 shew /ʃoʊ/ 并不押韵，发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.