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单词 harpy
释义 har·py
\ˈhärpē, ˈhȧp-, -pi\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Latin Harpyia, from Greek
1. : a predatory monster in chiefly classical mythology represented as having a woman's head and the body and claws of a vulture and as being an instrument of divine vengeance
2.
 a. : a predatory person : leech, swindler
  < homesteaders had managed to escape other harpies — such as land agents offering to hurry claims through — Dixon Wecter >
 b. : a shrewish or depraved woman
  < gin shops … crowded by day as well as by night with screaming harpies — Kenneth Roberts >
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