Xanthippe
英 [zæn'θipi; -'ti-]
美
- n.ハマー；トガリネズミ（ザンティッペに等しい）；トゲ（ソクラテスの妻）。
英語の語源
- 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).
例文
- 1. His wife is the worst and most insupportable wife since Xantippe .
- 彼の妻はティップを褒めて以来最悪で、最も付き合いにくい妻だ。
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