shrew

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