yenta

n. 长舌妇, 好管闲事的女人

词形变化

yentas 复数 yentas

别名

yente yentl

释义与例句

n.

1.

A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger.

Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta!

词汇关系

名词

上位词 8

gossip shrew gossiper gossipmonger newsmonger rumormonger rumourmonger termagant

词源

Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente).

来源：wiktionary