middle name

短语

n. 中名, 名和姓之间的名字, 突出的个性

发音

US

词形变化

middle names 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.

    中间名字

    I go by David but it's my middle name; my full name is William David Mason.

    María is a common middle name in Spanish, as in José María García.

  2. 2.

    A trait, activity, or action closely associated with or aptly describing a person.

    比喻

    Think twice about playing for cash because "Poker" is her middle name.

    I won't tell anyone. "Discretion" is my middle name.

  3. 1.

    One's mother's maiden name.

    Juan Rico Martinez dela Cruz III is my full name, where Martinez is my middle name, but people just call me "JR".

    Maria Clara Teresita Reyes dela Cruz is my full name, where Reyes is my middle name, but you can call me Tessie or Tess.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

name

词源

First recorded from Harvardiana in 1835.

来源：wiktionary