sobriquet
noun /ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ/
/ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ/
(also soubriquet)
(formal)- an informal name or title that you give somebody/something
绰号；外号 - He was a tiny man, and so earned the sobriquet ‘The Little Wonder.’
他个子很小，因此赢得了“小奇迹”的绰号。
词源mid 17th cent.: French, originally in the sense ‘tap under the chin’, of unknown origin. - He was a tiny man, and so earned the sobriquet ‘The Little Wonder.’