Nickname
['nɪkneɪm] or ['nɪk'nem]
解释:
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a descriptive name for a place or thing; 'the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides''.
胡安娜校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
(v. t.) To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
汉密尔顿校对
同义词及近义词:
n. Sobriquet, by-name.
校对:奥菲莉娅
解释:
n. a name given in contempt or sportive familiarity.—v.t. to give a nickname to.
塞西莉亚校对
例句:
- His striking discoveries soon earned for him the nickname of The Wizard of Menlo Park. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- And a wery good name it is; only one I know that ain't got a nickname to it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He was what people call fierce stuff, he was nicknamed the Tiger, and he seems to have been rather proud of his nickname. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Brummell never made his appearance in London after the receipt of this letter, which gained Meyler the nickname of the dandy-killer. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Touching glasses together in drinking, preparatory to a confidential talk, has come to be nicknamed hob-nobbing because of the equipment incidental to that action years ago. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- They were nicknamed Huns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The necessary steam boilers were accommodated in the basement, while the second floor was occupied by six generators of 125 horse-power each, nicknamed Jumbos. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He was what people call fierce stuff, he was nicknamed the Tiger, and he seems to have been rather proud of his nickname. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The wits nicknamed him _Il Milione_, because he was always talking of millions of people and millions of ducats. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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