sobriquet
英 ['s??br?ke?]
美['sobr?k?i]
- n. 綽號
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?sobriquets;
中文詞源
sobriquet 綽號，外號
來自法語 sobriquet,來自中古法語 soubriquet,綽號，外號，詞源不詳。可能來自 sot,愚蠢的， briquette,無賴，惡棍，俚語，原義為小磚頭，詞源同 brick,磚頭，-ette,小詞后綴。拼寫比較 souvenir.
英文詞源
- 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").
雙語例句
- 1. From his staff he earned the sobriquet "Mumbles".
- 他的員工給他起了個“咕噥蟲”的綽號。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Andrew Jackson was known by the sobriquet " Old Hickory. "
- 安德魯·杰克生以其綽號“老山胡桃 ” 而知名.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. The dashes looked like ants column; thus, this effect earned the colorful sobriquet marching ants.
- 虛線看上去就像一隊螞蟻, 因此這種效果贏得一個形象綽號,即“行進中的螞蟻”.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)