sobriquet

• n. 綽號

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,小詞後綴。拚寫比較 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·傑克生以其綽號“老山胡桃 ” 而知名.

來自互聯網

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”.

來自互聯網