nick·name /ˈnɪkˌnem/
綽號,暱稱(vt.)給…取綽號,叫錯名字
nickname
別名; 暱稱
nickname
別名
nick·name n. A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick.
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Nick·name, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.] To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. --Shak.
I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. --Macaulay.
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nickname
n 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" [syn: moniker, cognomen, sobriquet,
soubriquet]
2: a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for
the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
v : give a nickname to [syn: dub]