| 释义 |
so-styled, ppl. a.
[so adv. 6 a.]
Styled or designated by this term or name, but not properly entitled to or correctly described by it; so-called, so-termed.
1844tr. M. T. Asmar's Mem. Babylonian Princ. II. 92 The so-styled civilized daughters of Europe. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. x, The (so-styled) legitimate representatives of the Viscount Castlewood. 1888Child Eng. & Sc. Ballads III. 104/1 note, The so-styled Robber Songs of the Russians. |