battle-axe
n. 战斧
If you call a middle-aged or older woman a battle-axe, you mean she is very difficult and unpleasant because of her fierce and determined attitude.
Grandma is something else — a battle-axe from the old country who hasn't smiled in decades.
奶奶不太像奶奶——倒像是来自故乡的母老虎,她已经几十年没有露出过笑脸了。
A battle-axe is a large axe that was used as a weapon.
1. a sharp-tongued domineering wife
2. a broadax used as a weapon
The battle axe is usually an arm - length weapon borne in one or both hands.
战斧的柄长一般为一只手臂的长度,单双手持均可.