termagant

• adj. 暴躁的；凶悍的；好争吵的
• n. 泼妇；悍妇

来自 Termagant,异化自古法语 Tervagant,来自意大利语 Trivagante,词源不确定，常解释为 tri-, 三，-vag,漫游，流浪，词源同 vagrant.代表新月的三个阶段，用于指伊斯兰教的新月标志， 参照 Red Crescent.该词为中世纪欧洲在神秘剧表演中，欧洲人强加给穆斯林教徒的神，认为 Tergamant 是穆斯林教徒所崇拜的除穆罕默德之外的神，通常为暴力的，专横的，好争吵的 形象，最后固定为暴躁的女神。引申词义泼妇，悍妇。

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.

1. From even this stronghold the unlucky Rip was at length routed by his termagant wife.

即使在这样的堡垒里,不幸的瑞普到底还是被他那凶悍的老婆赶出来了.

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2. 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,也可以看作是相当有福气的.

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3. A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing.

因此, 从某些方面来说, 有个泼辣的妻子,也可以看作是相当有福气的.

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4. 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 ?

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