soubrette
英 [suː'bret]
美
- n. （法）轻浮女人
英英释义
- 1. a pert or flirtatious young girl
- 2. a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy
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-).