Значення

значень: 3
  1. Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.

    Spitzmaus

    землеро́йкаzemlerójka

    землери́йкаzemlerýjka

    small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles

  2. Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.

  3. (зневажливе)An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.

    Megäre

    меге́раmegéra, ве́дьмаvédʹma

    a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

Приклади

речень: 9
  1. That's a shrew, not a mouse.

    ruЭто землеройка, а не мышь.

  2. Nemesio loved chatting with shrews and bats.

  3. Actually, the shrew is not a mouse.

  4. Nemesio had gotten drowsy rocking the baby shrews.

  5. At the edge of the road lay a dead shrew.

    ruНа краю дороги лежала дохлая землеройка.

    deAm Straßenrand lag eine tote Spitzmaus.

Українська
За значеннями 1
mouselike animal:
Русский
За значеннями 2
mouselike animal:
woman:
Deutsch
За значеннями 2
mouselike animal:
woman:

Походження

From Middle English schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skra

From Middle English schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skrawwaz (“thin; meagre; frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut; shorten; skimp”). Cognates include Old High German scrawaz (“dwarf”), Norwegian skrugg (“dwarf”).

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