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

superbrat n.

Brit.

/ˈsuːpəbrat/

/ˈsjuːpəbrat/

U.S.

/ˈsupərˌbræt/

(a) an exceptionally obnoxious or badly behaved child or young adult; (b) a person in the public eye who has become famous for displays of volatile, bad-tempered, or emotionally unstable behaviour.The term was famously applied to the tennis player John McEnroe as a nickname by the British press, in response to several such outbursts on court early in his playing career.

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1945 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 Aug. 14/4 German ground troops learned to fear ‘Squirto the Superbrat’, a name given to a Thunderbolt and its pilot... ‘I picked up that title back in grade school, on account of my being the youngest in the family’, related the lieutenant.

1955 Maclean's 14 May 19/1 From the public's point of view, the conviction that the child psychologist raises a family of superbrats is logical enough.

1979 Guardian 8 May 28/1 He is clearly making an effort to erase the bad public image which has saddled him with names like Superbrat.

2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 May 36 [His] first victory on the PGA Tour, the Colonial Mastercard, was a welcome sign that he may yet become a superstar instead of golf's superbrat.

2008 J. Gordinier X saves World 76 The other kids are rotten to the core. The other kids are mall rats and superbrats, and their behavior represents a tapestry of tawdry conduct.

单词	superbrat
释义	> as lemmas superbrat superbrat n. Brit. /ˈsuːpəbrat/ , /ˈsjuːpəbrat/ , U.S. /ˈsupərˌbræt/ (a) an exceptionally obnoxious or badly behaved child or young adult; (b) a person in the public eye who has become famous for displays of volatile, bad-tempered, or emotionally unstable behaviour.The term was famously applied to the tennis player John McEnroe as a nickname by the British press, in response to several such outbursts on court early in his playing career. ΚΠ 1945 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 2 Aug. 14/4 German ground troops learned to fear ‘Squirto the Superbrat’, a name given to a Thunderbolt and its pilot... ‘I picked up that title back in grade school, on account of my being the youngest in the family’, related the lieutenant. 1955 Maclean's 14 May 19/1 From the public's point of view, the conviction that the child psychologist raises a family of superbrats is logical enough. 1979 Guardian 8 May 28/1 He is clearly making an effort to erase the bad public image which has saddled him with names like Superbrat. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 22 May 36 [His] first victory on the PGA Tour, the Colonial Mastercard, was a welcome sign that he may yet become a superstar instead of golf's superbrat. 2008 J. Gordinier X saves World 76 The other kids are rotten to the core. The other kids are mall rats and superbrats, and their behavior represents a tapestry of tawdry conduct. extracted from super-prefix < as lemmas
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