“hell、cat”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

hell-cat

释义

ˈhell-cat
[f. hell n. + cat: possibly suggested by Heccat, Hecate.]
An evil or spiteful woman; a furious vixen; a witch.
a1605Middleton Witch ii. ii, The whorson old hellcat would have given me the brain of a cat.1632Chapman & Shirley Ball iii. ii, We cannot be too bitter, she's a hell⁓cat.1837Marryat Dog-fiend II. i. (L.), A hell-cat, who hates me as she does the devil.
b. Applied to a man: see quots.
a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Hell-cat, a very Lewd Rakehelly Fellow.1845Disraeli Sybil vi. vi, The Hell⁓cats [Chartist agitators] as they call themselves, halt at every town, and offer fifty pounds for a live policeman.

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