核心差别
shrew 强调shrew 指一个脾气暴躁、爱争吵的女人，shrewish 则侧重形容女性脾气暴躁、爱争吵
使用场景对比
| 对比方面 | shrew | shrewish |
|---|---|---|
| 核心含义 | shrew 指一个脾气暴躁、爱争吵的女人，常用来形容泼妇或悍妇，带有贬义色彩。 | 形容女性脾气暴躁、爱争吵，像泼妇一样，常用于贬义描述性格或行为。 |
| 词性 | 名词 | 形容词 |
| 使用语域 | shrew 通常用作名词，在句子中作主语或宾语，描述女性的负面性格特征，常见于描述性语境或批评性表达。 | 通常作定语修饰名词，描述女性的性格或行为，如“a shrewish wife”或“shrewish remarks”。也可作表语，但较少见。 |
对比例句
My neighbor is such a shrew; she always yells at her kids.
我的邻居真是个泼妇，她总是对着孩子大喊大叫。
He avoided her because she acted like a shrew during the meeting.
他避开她，因为她在会议上表现得像个泼妇。
Her shrewish comments made everyone at the party uncomfortable.
她那些泼妇般的评论让派对上的每个人都感到不自在。
He often complains about his shrewish neighbor who yells late at night.
他经常抱怨那个脾气暴躁的邻居，总在深夜大喊大叫。
常见误用提醒
使用 shrew：She is a shrew woman. → She is a shrew. (shrew 本身是名词，指泼妇，不需要再加 woman；直接说 'She is a shrew.' 即可。)
使用 shrew：He has a shrew personality. → He has a shrewish personality. (shrew 是名词，形容性格时应用形容词 shrewish，如 'shrewish personality' 表示泼妇般的性格。)
使用 shrewish：She is very shrewish to her friends. → She is very shrewish toward her friends. (错误在于介词使用不当。“shrewish”作为形容词，描述性格时通常直接修饰，但若指明对象，应用“toward”或“with”，而非“to”，以更准确表达对待方式。)