英语词汇“sobriquet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	sobriquet
释义	Trends of sobriquet View usage for: sobriquet (soʊbrɪkeɪ) also soubriquet Word forms: plural sobriquets countable noun [usually singular] A sobriquet is a humorous name that people give someone or something. [written] From his staff he earned the sobriquet 'Mumbles'. sobriquet in British English or soubriquet (ˈsəʊbrɪˌkeɪ) noun a humorous epithet, assumed name, or nickname Word origin C17: from French soubriquet, of uncertain origin sobriquet in American English (ˈsoʊbrəˌkeɪ; ˈsoʊbrəˌkɛt; ˌ soʊbrəˈkeɪ; ˌsoʊbrəˈkɛt) noun 1. a nickname 2. an assumed name Word origin Fr < MFr soubriquet, chuck under the chin < ? Examples of 'sobriquet' in a sentence sobriquet He earned the sobriquet from an uncanny ability to always pick the right stocks. Times, Sunday Times (2012) His size and powerful running off the back of the scrum and in open play have earned him his sobriquet. Times, Sunday Times (2010) For the crew who had to lie flat on their bellies in less than a metre of space, the tank earned its sobriquet as a mobile crematorium. Times, Sunday Times (2012)
随便看	tea-plant tea plate teapot teapoy tear tearable tear along tear apart tear a strip off someone tear at tear away tearaway tear bomb tear down teardown teardrop tear duct tearer tearful tearful farewell tearfully tearfulness tear gas teargas tearier

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Trends ofsobriquet