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nickname 音标拼音: [n'ɪkn ,em] n. 绰号,昵称
vt. 给…取绰号,叫错名字 绰号,昵称给…取绰号,叫错名字 nickname别名; 昵称 nickname别名 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" [ synonym: { nickname}, { moniker}, { cognomen}, { sobriquet}, { soubriquet}, { byname}] 2: a descriptive name for a place or thing; " the nickname for the U. S. Constitution is ` Old Ironsides'" v 1: give a nickname to [ synonym: { dub}, { nickname}] nickname \ nick" name`\, n. [ OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See { Eke}, and { Name}.] A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas' s nickname is Nick. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
Nickname \ Nick" name`\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Nicknamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Nicknaming}.] To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. [ 1913 Webster] You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 33 Moby Thesaurus words for " nickname": affectionate name, agnomen, appellation, appellative, baptize, byname, byword, call, christen, cognomen, define, denominate, denomination, designate, diminutive, dub, entitle, epithet, first name, handle, hypocoristic, identify, label, moniker, name, nominate, pet name, sobriquet, specify, style, tag, term, title
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