sobriquet

n. 绰号

发音

UK /ˈsəʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/
US /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/
US /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.kɛt/

词形变化

sobriquets 复数 sobriquets

别名

soubriquet

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others) that is descriptive.

    “The Bard” is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries So began the memorable paper-chase for an extremely nebulous shop-assistant and a foreigner whose description began and ended with the sobriquet 'Peter the Italian'.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

nickname moniker byname cognomen soubriquet

上位词 4

designation denomination appellation appellative

词源

Borrowed from French sobriquet (“nickname”), from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).

来源：wiktionary