| 例句 |
battle-axesnounpl. of battle-ax 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 ladies, furies, harpies, harridans, shrews, termagants, viragoes(or viragos), vixens fishwifes(or fishwives), gorgonscarpers, castigators, cavilers(or cavillers), censurers, critics, faultfinders, nitpickers, railers, scoldsbelittlers, deriders, detractorspettifoggers, quibblers |