shrew

Anlam (İngilizce)

Noun

1. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
2. Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
3. (derogatory) An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

Verb

To beshrew; to curse.

Kavramlar

kir faresi

soreks

şirret kadın

Eş anlamlılar

termagant

vixen

virago

shrewmouse

scold

Xanthippe

hag

busybody

harridan

mouse

🐭

mole

witch

stubborn tomboy

white-toothed shrew

old bag

drab

guinea pig

rat

🐀

shrew-mouse

spitfire

tiger

🐅

tigress

vole

wife

👰‍♀️

scolding woman

unmanageable person

Çeviriler

musaraigne

Spitzmaus

musaraña

musaranho

spitsmuis

toporagno

mégère

arpía

haaibaai

helleveeg

megera

musaranya

Sorex

megera

feeks

(IPA) olarak telaffuz edilir

/ʃɹuː/

Etimoloji (İngilizce)

Ortaçağ İngilizcesi öğesinden devralındı: *schrewe

Eski İngilizce öğesinden devralındı: sċrēawa

In summary

From Middle English *schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).