shrew
Any of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family SoricidaeAny of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
» That's a shrew, not a mouse.
Это землеройка, а не мышь.
Meaning
3 sensesAny of numerous small, mouselike, chiefly nocturnal, mammals of the family Soricidae.
Spitzmaus
землеро́йкаzemlerójka
землери́йкаzemlerýjka
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
Certain other small mammals that resemble true shrews.
(derogatory)An ill-tempered, nagging woman: a scold.
Megäre
меге́раmegéra, ве́дьмаvédʹma
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Examples
9 sentencesThat's a shrew, not a mouse.
ruЭто землеройка, а не мышь.
Nemesio loved chatting with shrews and bats.
Actually, the shrew is not a mouse.
Nemesio had gotten drowsy rocking the baby shrews.
At the edge of the road lay a dead shrew.
ruНа краю дороги лежала дохлая землеройка.
deAm Straßenrand lag eine tote Spitzmaus.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schrewe, from Old English sċrēawa (“shrew”), from Proto-Germanic *skraFrom 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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Forms
plural: shrewsSynonyms
26 synonyms- small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles:shrewmouse
- a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman:termagant