3325英语网 单词
soubrette的意思
soubrette
英 [suː'bret]
美
- n. （法）轻浮女人
英文词源
- soubrette
- soubrette: see super
- soubrette (n.)
- 1753, theatrical jargon word for lady's maid characters in plays and operas, who typically were pert, flirtatious, and intriguing, from French soubrette, from Provençal soubreto "affected, conceited," fem. of soubret "coy, reserved," from soubra "to set aside," originally "to exceed," from Old Provençal sobrar, from Latin superare "to rise above, overcome," from super "over, above, beyond" (see super-).