nickname

英 ['nɪkneɪm] 美 ['nɪkneɪm]

• n. 绰号； 昵称
• v. 给 ... 取绰号

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]绰号,诨名; 昵称

   familiar or humorous name given to a person instead of his real name

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 绰号，诨名，外号
2. 教名的略称
3. 爱称
4. 代号
5. 俗称
6. 昵称，小名

v. 动词

1. 给...加诨名，给...起绰号，给...取外号
2. 用诨名称呼
3. 误称，叫错名字
4. 绰号叫

英英释义

Noun:

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name);

   "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
   "Henry's nickname was Slim"
   

2. a descriptive name for a place or thing;

   "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
   

Verb:

1. give a nickname to

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We often call him by his nickname.
   我们经常叫他的绰号。
2. Everyone on the team was tagged with a nickname.
   队里的每个成员都给起了一个绰号。
3. Jess is just my nickname - my real name is Jessica.
   杰西只是我的昵称，我的真名是杰西卡。
4. Your nickname lets a person worry for you.
   你的昵称让人替你担心。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She called me by my nickname.
   她叫我的外号。
2. Rob is a nickname of Robert.Rob
   是 Robert的昵称。

经典引文

• When he suddenly grew much taller..he earned the nickname of 'Ostrich'.

  出自： M. Scammell

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪中期进入英语，直接源自古英语的eaca，意为增加。

近反义词

【近义词】

• pet name