sobriquet

• n. 绰号

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.

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").

1. From his staff he earned the sobriquet "Mumbles".

他的员工给他起了个“咕哝虫”的绰号。

来自柯林斯例句

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.

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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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