核心差别
shrewish 强调形容女性脾气暴躁、爱争吵，shrew 则侧重shrew 指一个脾气暴躁、爱争吵的女人
使用场景对比
| 对比方面 | shrewish | shrew |
|---|---|---|
| 核心含义 | 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。 | 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。 |
| 词性 | 形容词 | 名词 |
| 使用语域 | 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。 | 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。 |
对比例句
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。
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。
常见误用提醒
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。)
使用 shrewish：He has a shrewish personality. → He has a bad-tempered personality. (错误在于性别误用。“shrewish”特指女性，形容男性时应用“bad-tempered”、“irritable”等中性词，以避免不准确和冒犯。)
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。)