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harpy

C1 noun

harpy /ˈhɑɹpi/ nghĩa là quái vật đầu phụ nữ mình chim

Các nghĩa

  1. quái vật đầu phụ nữ mình chim

    A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.

    Both table and provisions vanish'd quite, With sound of harpies' wings and talons heard.

  2. mụ đàn bà nanh ác

    A shrewish woman.

    derogatory

    But her most subtle wiles proved ineffectual in ridding her, even for a moment, of her harpy jailer[…]

  3. kẻ tham tàn

    One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

    c. 1772, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs. Bunbury The harpies about me all pocket the pool.

  4. đại bàng harpy

    Any of a number of eagle-like birds of prey of the subfamily Harpiinae, especially the species Harpia harpyja.

  5. diều mướp

    The European moor buzzard or marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus).

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