"harpy" in Chinese (Traditional)
哈比鳥 (神話)毒婦 (比喻)鳥類鷹鷲 (動科)
Definition
哈比鳥是在希臘神話中有女人臉和鳥身體的生物。非正式情況下也可指惡毒或令人討厭的女人。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))
在神話語境中屬於正式詞語;在日常口語中用來侮辱女人,屬非正式且甚至冒犯。文學裡通常指神話義,日常中作“毒婦”用法很少見。
Examples
The harpy is a monster from Greek mythology.
**哈比鳥**是希臘神話中的怪物。
Some people call her a harpy because she is always yelling.
有些人因為她總是大叫,叫她**毒婦**。
A harpy has the face of a woman and the body of a bird.
**哈比鳥**有女人的臉和鳥的身體。
She acted like a real harpy at the meeting, criticizing everyone.
她在會議上表現得像個**毒婦**,批評所有人。
The story features a terrifying harpy that steals food from travelers.
故事中出現了一隻可怕的**哈比鳥**,會偷旅人的食物。
Don’t be such a harpy—let people enjoy themselves!
別做個**毒婦**——讓大家開心點吧!