Nickname
['nɪkneɪm] or ['nɪk'nem]
解釋/意思:
(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''.
胡安娜校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
汉密尔顿校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Sobriquet, by-name.
校對:奥菲莉娅
解釋/意思:
n. a name given in contempt or sportive familiarity.—v.t. to give a nickname to.
塞西莉亚校對
例句/造句/用法:
- His striking discoveries soon earned for him the nickname of The Wizard of Menlo Park. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- And a wery good name it is; only one I know that ain't got a nickname to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Brummell never made his appearance in London after the receipt of this letter, which gained Meyler the nickname of the dandy-killer. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- They were nicknamed Huns. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The wits nicknamed him _Il Milione_, because he was always talking of millions of people and millions of ducats. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
手打:威尔