harpy是什么意思？

harpy

英[ˈhɑ:pi] 美[ˈhɑrpi]

• n. <希神><罗神>哈耳皮埃（身是女人，而翅膀、尾巴及爪似鸟的怪物）；

复数：harpies;

例句

• The Harpy is a unique weapon system with features of both UAV and cruise missile. “哈比”是一种具有UAV和巡航导弹特征的一种独特的武器系统.
• To their utter amazement, this seeming harpy spoke to them. 叫他们大吃一惊的是, 这个看来象个鸟身女妖的东西竟跟他们说起话来.
• ...a snobby, scheming harpy who sells off the family silverware. 低价变卖家传银器的势利狡诈的泼妇

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  哈比（古典神话中的鸟身人面女妖，性残忍而贪婪）
  In classical mythology, the harpies were creatures with the bodies of birds and the faces of women. They flew quickly and were cruel and greedy.
• N-COUNT
  凶悍贪婪的妇人;泼妇;恶妇
  If you refer to a woman as a harpy, you mean that she is very cruel or violent.
  例句
  ...a snobby, scheming harpy who sells off the family silverware. 低价变卖家传银器的势利狡诈的泼妇

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a malicious fierce-tempered woman
  2. any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
  3. large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America