harpies

英 [ˈhɑːpiz]

美

n.  鸟身女妖，哈比(古希腊和罗马神话中的怪物); 凶残的女子
harpy的复数

柯林斯词典

• 哈比（古典神话中的鸟身人面女妖，性残忍而贪婪）
  In classical mythology,the harpieswere 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 aharpy, you mean that she is very cruel or violent.
  1. ...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

双语例句

• You may discern by a certain fitful glare of the eye and sharp curve of the nose which manifest their descent from the ancient Harpies.
  你可以从他们那种闪闪发亮的目光和弯钩的鼻子看得出来，他们就是古代哈比的后裔。
• May also, by Thaumas, be the mother of the Harpies, foul bird-women who lived in a Cretan cave and harried criminals, but this could be a different ocean-nymph of the same name.
  由Thaumas同样可能如此，Thaumas是邪恶鸟妇人鹰身女妖的母亲，她居住在克利特岛山洞而折磨罪犯，但这也许是同样名字的不同海神。
• Apparently, it had something to do with Ms Hamilton's online profiles of her boss, one of those harpies of the modern workplace known to thrive even outside California.
  很显然，这与汉密尔顿女士在网上勾划老板形象有关。她的老板是现代职场上凶狠的女魔头之一，据悉这些女魔头甚至已在加州之外兴旺发达起来。
• Harpies are notoriously bad at taking that kind of joke.
  众所周知，女魔头们接受不了这样的玩笑。
• Kratos makes his way to the inner temple and sees the Oracle being carryed by the harpies above.
  克瑞托斯继续朝神殿内部走去，看到祭司被鸟身女巫抓着。