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首頁英語詞典termaganttermagant的意思

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.

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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.

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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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