shipwreck
意味
- 難船,難破
- 難破継[の残がい]
- (計画などの)破滅,破壊《+of+名》
- 〈船・人〉を難破(船)させる
- …を破壊する,破滅させる
- 〈船が〉難破(船)する
例文
A bad wife is the shipwreck of her husband.
女房の悪さは六十年の不作。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English schipwrak, from Old English sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship + wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Dutch scheepswrak (“shipwreck”), German Schiffswrack (“shipwreck”), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”), Danish skibsvrag (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.