harpies

英 [ˈhɑːpiz]

美

n. 鸟身女妖，哈比(古希腊和罗马神话中的怪物); 凶残的女子
harpy的复数

哈比（古典神话中的鸟身人面女妖，性残忍而贪婪）
In classical mythology, the harpies were creatures with the bodies of birds and the faces of women. They flew quickly and were cruel and greedy.
N-COUNT 凶悍贪婪的妇人;泼妇;恶妇
If you refer to a woman as a harpy, you mean that she is very cruel or violent.
1. ...a snobby, scheming harpy who sells off the family silverware.
  低价变卖家传银器的势利狡诈的泼妇

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May also, by Thaumas, be the mother of the Harpies, foul bird-women who lived in a Cretan cave and harried criminals, but this could be a different ocean-nymph of the same name.
由Thaumas同样可能如此，Thaumas是邪恶鸟妇人鹰身女妖的母亲，她居住在克利特岛山洞而折磨罪犯，但这也许是同样名字的不同海神。
Kratos makes his way to the inner temple and sees the Oracle being carryed by the harpies above.
克瑞托斯继续朝神殿内部走去，看到祭司被鸟身女巫抓着。
You may discern by a certain fitful glare of the eye and sharp curve of the nose which manifest their descent from the ancient Harpies.
你可以从他们那种闪闪发亮的目光和弯钩的鼻子看得出来，他们就是古代哈比的后裔。
Apparently, it had something to do with Ms Hamilton's online profiles of her boss, one of those harpies of the modern workplace known to thrive even outside California.
很显然，这与汉密尔顿女士在网上勾划老板形象有关。她的老板是现代职场上凶狠的女魔头之一，据悉这些女魔头甚至已在加州之外兴旺发达起来。
Harpies are notoriously bad at taking that kind of joke.
众所周知，女魔头们接受不了这样的玩笑。