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Xanthippe

英 [zæn'θipi; -'ti-] 美
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释义

  • 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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