| 例句 |
battle-axnounor battle-axe a bad-tempered scolding womanthe veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch dragon lady, fury, harpy, harridan, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen fishwife, gorgoncarper, castigator, caviler(or caviller), censurer, critic, faultfinder, nitpicker, railer, scoldbelittler, derider, detractorpettifogger, quibbler in the 14th century |