harpy

har·py /ˈhɑːpi $ ˈhɑːrpi/ noun (plural harpies) [countableC]

1. literaryCRUEL a cruel woman 残酷的女人，泼妇

n2. → Harpy

Examples from the Corpus

harpy• McAllister wanted to go in and do something, anything, to stop such a harpy from hurting him.• That was when, with a glass-cracking shriek, the harpy brought him down from behind.• The harpies from Paris running the road houses which must inevitably multiply will be a worse scourge than the mosquitoes.

Harpy

a cruel creature in ancient Greek stories, with the head and upper body of a woman and the wings and feet of a bird 〔古希腊神话中的〕鸟身女妖

Origin harpy

(1800-1900) Harpy name of a creature in ancient Greek stories with the head of a woman and the body of a bird ((16-21 centuries)), from Greek harpyia “seizer”

单词	harpy
释义	harpy har·py /ˈhɑːpi $ ˈhɑːrpi/ noun (plural harpies) [countableC] 1. literaryCRUEL a cruel woman 残酷的女人，泼妇 n2. → Harpy Examples from the Corpus harpy• McAllister wanted to go in and do something, anything, to stop such a harpy from hurting him.• That was when, with a glass-cracking shriek, the harpy brought him down from behind.• The harpies from Paris running the road houses which must inevitably multiply will be a worse scourge than the mosquitoes. Harpy a cruel creature in ancient Greek stories, with the head and upper body of a woman and the wings and feet of a bird 〔古希腊神话中的〕鸟身女妖 Origin harpy (1800-1900) Harpy name of a creature in ancient Greek stories with the head of a woman and the body of a bird ((16-21 centuries)), from Greek harpyia “seizer”
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