A wife with a weak character is worth less than a termagant .

老婆懦弱无主见，不如娶个凶悍妇。

Only his termagant wife and her friends call him " basil " .

只有他好争吵的婆娘和她的朋友称他为“巴兹尔”。

A termagant wife may , in some respects , be considered a tolerable blessing .

从某些方面来说，有一个泼辣的妻子，也可以看作是可容忍的福气。

From even this stronghold the unlucky rip was at length routed by his termagant wife .

即使在这样的堡垒里，不幸的瑞普到底还是被他那凶悍的老婆赶出来了。

Tigress might have been a termagant , but without her what home could he have ?

虎妞虽然厉害，但是没了她怎能成个家呢？