| 单词 | vixenish |
| 释义 | vixenish adjective uk/ˈvɪk.sən.ɪʃ/us/ˈvɪk.sən.ɪʃ/(of a woman)determinedanddifficulttocontrol, sometimes in anunpleasantway: （女人）凶悍的，好吵架的；泼妇似的In herlatestmoviesheplaystheroleof a vixenishyoungwoman.在她最新一部电影中，她扮演了一个凶悍的年轻女子。 Stubborn and determined people
Examplesofvixenishvixenish She wasvixenish, she was selfish, she was dishonest and grasping; but she was religious. FromProject Gutenberg There came avixenishgleam into the old woman's faded eyes. FromProject Gutenberg And so the vile,vixenishvirago wished the cat was dead. FromProject Gutenberg The deacon's wife grew sick, and the vile, vinegar-tongued,vixenishvirago said that the deacon was an old brute. FromProject Gutenberg She was in her mostvixenishmood, full of life and fight. FromProject Gutenberg She always smiled sweetly when she was feeling particularlyvixenish. FromProject Gutenberg Like the shrill biting talk of avixenishwife, it would have compelled you to "take a little something" by way of dulling your sensibility. FromProject Gutenberg The old lady's eyes assumed avixenishexpression and her smile widened till it was a sly, almost diabolical grin. FromProject Gutenberg She has avixenishtemper, if she should get waked up to imagine herself 'wronged,' or any such school-girl nonsense. FromProject Gutenberg I did not believe that she wasvixenishat heart. FromProject Gutenberg As she stood by his side behind the bar, although she was tremulous with excitement, the look with which she had faced the crowd was rathervixenishthan frightened. FromProject Gutenberg He was a big, fair man, with loosely hung limbs, and his wife--poor little baggage--had been a tiny creature,vixenishat her worst, kittenish at her best. FromProject Gutenberg It was really a sad blow to be told that that disagreeable,vixenishtrumpeter, who awakened the workers each morning, was so closely related to him. FromProject Gutenberg She has always had the name of ruling her husband, and her scowling, swarthy visage, and evil-looking eyes, seem to substantiate her claim to possessing strong,vixenishproclivities. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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