Lady Godiva
/ˌleɪdi ɡəˈdaɪvə/
/ˌleɪdi ɡəˈdaɪvə/
- (11th century) the wife of an earl of Mercia. According to legend, she asked her husband to lower the taxes on the people of Coventry and he said that he would do so if she rode her horse naked through the town. She did this, and the taxes were lowered.
戈迪瓦夫人：（11世纪）Mercia伯爵的妻子。根据传说，她要求丈夫降低对考文垂人民的税收，他说，如果她骑马骑马穿过城镇，他会这样做。她这样做了，税收降低了。