Xanthippe

释义

• n. 悍妇；泼妇（等于Xantippe）；粘西比（苏格拉底的妻子）

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).

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.