英语单词
Xanthippe是什么意思
Xanthippe
英 [zæn'θipi; -'ti-]
美
- n. 悍妇；泼妇（等于Xantippe）；粘西比（苏格拉底的妻子）
英文词源
- Xanthippe
- also (incorrectly) Xantippe, late 16c., spouse of Socrates (5c. B.C.E.), the prototype of the quarrelsome, nagging wife. The name is related to the masc. proper name Xanthippos, a compound of xanthos "yellow" (see xantho-) + hippos "horse" (see equine).
双语例句
- 1. His wife is the worst and most insupportable wife since Xanthippe.
- 他的妻子是自赞蒂普以来最坏、最无法相处的妻子.
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