shrew
noun /ʃruː/
/ʃruː/
- a small animal like a mouse with a long nose
Topics Animalsc2鼩鼱(形似鼠,吻长) - (old-fashioned) an angry unpleasant woman
泼妇;悍妇
词源Old English scrēawa, scrǣwa, of Germanic origin; related words in Germanic languages have senses such as ‘dwarf’, ‘devil’, or ‘fox’.