vixen

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vixen [vixen vixens] BrE [ˈvɪksn] NAmE [ˈvɪksn] noun
1. a female ↑fox (= a wild animal of the dog family)
2. (old-fashioned)an unpleasant and bad-tempered woman

Word Origin:
late Middle English fixen, perhaps from the Old English adjective fyxen ‘of a fox’. The v- is from the form of the word in southern English dialect.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  harpy, hellcat