a. resembling the Amazons. a race of leg-endary fierce female warriors in Greek mythology（希腊神话传说中的凶猛女战士部落）亚马孙人的。 △3H.Ⅵ.1.4113:“How ill-beseeming is it in thy sex To triumphlike an Amazonian trull / Upon their woes whomFortune captivates!”像一个亚马孙的泼妇那样对遭遇厄运者的灾难表示幸灾乐祸，与你的女性身份是多么不相称呀！