nickname

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n. 绰号, 昵称 vt. 给...取绰号, 叫错名字 [计] 绰号

发音

其它 /ˈnɪkneɪm/

词形变化

nick-name nicknames 复数 nicknames nicknamed nicknames 三单 nicknaming nicknaming 现在分词 nicknamed 过去式 nicknamed 过去分词

别名

nick

教材释义与例句

名词

绰号；昵称

动词

给……取绰号；叫错名字

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.

    花名

    绰号

    外号

    "The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.

  2. 2.

    A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.

    My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny.

v.
  1. 1.

    To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

    及物

    Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

moniker byname cognomen sobriquet soubriquet

上位词 5

name designation denomination appellation appellative
动词

同义词 1

dub

上位词 2

call name

词源

From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.

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