shrew
n . 泼妇,一种似鼠的动物名
泼妇,一种似鼠的动物名
shrew n 1 :
a scolding nagging bad -
tempered woman [
synonym : {
shrew },
{
termagant }]
2 :
small mouselike mammal with a long snout ;
related to moles [
synonym : {
shrew }, {
shrewmouse }]
Shrew \
Shrew \,
a . [
OE .
shrewe ,
schrewe .
Cf . {
Shrewd }.]
Wicked ;
malicious . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Shrew \
Shrew \,
n . [
See {
Shrew },
a .]
1 .
Originally ,
a brawling ,
turbulent ,
vexatious person of either sex ,
but now restricted in use to females ;
a brawler ;
a scold .
[
1913 Webster ]
A man . . .
grudgeth that shrews [
i .
e .,
bad men ]
have prosperity ,
or else that good men have adversity . --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
A man had got a shrew to his wife ,
and there could be no quiet in the house for her . --
L '
Estrange .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . [
AS .
scre ['
a ]
wa ; --
so called because supposed to be venomous . ] (
Zool .)
Any small insectivore of the genus {
Sorex }
and several allied genera of the family {
Sorecidae }.
In form and color they resemble mice ,
but they have a longer and more pointed nose .
Some of them are the smallest of all mammals .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The common European species are the house shrew ({
Crocidura araneus }),
and the erd shrew ({
Sorex vulgaris }) (
see under {
Erd }.).
In the United States several species of {
Sorex }
and {
Blarina }
are common ,
as the broadnosed shrew ({
Sorex platyrhinus }),
Cooper '
s shrew ({
Sorex Cooperi }),
and the short -
tailed ,
or mole ,
shrew ({
Blarina brevicauda }).
Th American water ,
or marsh ,
shrew ({
Neosorex palustris }),
with fringed feet ,
is less common .
The common European water shrews are {
Crossopus fodiens },
and the oared shrew (
see under {
Oared }).
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1913 Webster ]
{
Earth shrew },
any shrewlike burrowing animal of the family {
Centetidae },
as the tendrac .
{
Elephant shrew }, {
Jumping shrew }, {
Mole shrew }.
See under {
Elephant }, {
Jumping },
etc .
{
Musk shrew }.
See {
Desman }.
{
River shrew },
an aquatic West African insectivore ({
Potamogale velox })
resembling a weasel in form and size ,
but having a large flattened and crested tail adapted for rapid swimming .
It feeds on fishes .
{
Shrew mole },
a common large North American mole ({
Scalops aquaticus }).
Its fine ,
soft fur is gray with iridescent purple tints .
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1913 Webster ]
Shrew \
Shrew \,
v .
t . [
See {
Shrew },
a .,
and cf . {
Beshrew }.]
To beshrew ;
to curse . [
Obs .] "
I shrew myself ." --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "
shrew ":
Chiroptera ,
Lagomorpha ,
Primates ,
Rodentia ,
Xanthippe ,
amazon ,
banshee ,
battle -
ax ,
beldam ,
bitch ,
cat ,
common scold ,
crone ,
dragon ,
fishwife ,
fury ,
hag ,
harpy ,
harridan ,
nag ,
ogress ,
scold ,
she -
devil ,
she -
wolf ,
spitfire ,
termagant ,
tigress ,
virago ,
vixen ,
witch
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