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单词 soubrette
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soubrette

/suːˈbrɛt /
noun
An actress or other female performer playing a lively, flirtatious role in a play or opera.Swanilda is a soubrette role, but it requires a dancer with the authority of a ballerina....
  • For example, we hear how she treats Rosina and Norina as intelligent soubrettes - she squeals and giggles her way through both roles delightfully.
  • The soubrette of the piece, Musetta, is supposed to offer comic relief to the central tragic affair.

Origin

Mid 18th century: French, from Provençal soubreto, feminine of soubret 'coy', from sobrar, from Latin superare 'be above'.

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