sobriquet
英 [ˈsəʊ.brɪ.keɪ]
美 [ˈsoʊ.brə.keɪ]
- n. 绰号
星级词汇:
中文词源
sobriquet 绰号，外号
来自法语 sobriquet,来自中古法语 soubriquet,绰号，外号，词源不详。可能来自 sot,愚蠢的， briquette,无赖，恶棍，俚语，原义为小砖头，词源同 brick,砖头，-ette,小词后缀。拼写比较 souvenir.
英语词源
- sobriquet (n.)
- 1640s, from French sobriquet "nickname," from Middle French soubriquet (15c.), which also meant "a jest, quip," and is said to have meant literally "a chuck under the chin" [Gamillscheg]; of unknown origin (first element perhaps from Latin sub "under").
权威例句
- 1. From his staff he earned the sobriquet "Mumbles".
- 他的员工给他起了个“咕哝虫”的绰号。
- 2. Andrew Jackson was known by the sobriquet " Old Hickory. "
- 安德鲁·杰克生以其绰号“老山胡桃 ” 而知名.
- 3. The dashes looked like ants column; thus, this effect earned the colorful sobriquet marching ants.
- 虚线看上去就像一队蚂蚁, 因此这种效果赢得一个形象绰号,即“行进中的蚂蚁”.
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