shrew
US /ʃruː/
UK /ʃruː/
1.
землеройка
a small, mouse-like mammal with a long snout, tiny eyes, and short ears, typically living in woodlands and feeding on insects.
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The tiny shrew scurried through the undergrowth.
Маленькая землеройка пронеслась сквозь подлесок.
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A shrew's metabolism is incredibly fast.
Метаболизм землеройки невероятно быстр.
2.
мегера, фурия
a bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman.
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She was known as a shrew in the village, always complaining.
Ее знали как мегеру в деревне, всегда жалующуюся.
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He married a fiery shrew who kept him on his toes.
Он женился на огненной мегере, которая держала его в тонусе.