harpy

英 ['hɑːpi] 美 ['hɑːrpi]

• n. 残酷贪婪的人；恶妇人
• Harpy.
• n. [希神]哈耳皮埃(鸟身女妖)

英英释义

Noun:

1. a malicious woman with a fierce temper

2. (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman

3. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

4. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America

经典引文

• She was, undoubtedly, a witch, a harpy, a filth-minded old baggage.

  出自： J. Diski

近反义词

【近义词】

• hellcat 悍妇
• vixen 雌狐
• harpy eagle 大鹰