nickname

美 [ˈnɪkneɪm]英 [ˈnɪkneɪm]
  • n.昵称;绰号;外号;诨名
  • vt.给…起绰号

复数: nicknames 过去式: nicknamed 现在分词: nicknaming 过去分词: nicknamed 第三人称单数: nicknames

nick n.切痕 + name n.名字

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noun

绰号;诨名;外号
an informal, often humorous, name for a person that is connected with their real name, their personality or appearance, or with sth they have done

verb

VN-N给…起绰号
to give a nickname to sb/sth

She was nicknamed ‘The Ice Queen’.

她外号叫“冰上王后”。

nickname

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 绰号;诨号;外号
    A nickname is an informal name for someone or something.

    Red got his nickname for his red hair.

    “红毛”的绰号源于他的红头发。

  • 2
    VERB 给…起绰号;把…俗称为
    If you nickname someone or something, you give them an informal name.

    When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf...

    当他大一点时,我给他起了个“小阿尔夫”的绰号。

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
Synonym: moniker cognomen sobriquet soubriquet byname
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
Synonym: dub

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  1. She delighted in the nickname , the ' iron lady ' .

    她喜爱这个昵称——“铁娘子”。

  2. The fourth kind of surname was nickname .

    第四种姓氏是昵称。

  3. She was nicknamed ‘ The Ice Queen ’ .

    她外号叫“冰上王后”。

  4. Red got his nickname for his red hair .

    “红毛”的绰号源于他的红头发。

  5. His family 's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still .

    家人为他起的广东话绰号意思是NeverSitsStill(从来坐不住)。

  6. When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf

    当他大一点时,我给他起了个“小阿尔夫”的绰号。

  7. The vital clue to the killer 's identity was his nickname , Peanuts .

    查明杀手身份的重要线索是他的外号叫“花生”。

  8. Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel 's nickname for the baby

    安德鲁听到雷切尔给婴儿起的绰号时,不禁高兴得大笑起来。

  9. She professed to hate her nickname

    她自称痛恨自己的外号。

  10. Which newspaper was once nicknamed The Thunderer ?

    哪家报纸一度被称为“怒吼者”?

  11. To this he owed his nickname of “ Fatty ” .

    他由此得了一个“大块头”的外号。

  12. I never knew he had such a nickname .

    我倒不晓得他还有这么一个雅号呢。

  13. He is nicknamed 〝 young tiger 〞 .

    他的绰号叫小老虎。

  14. Why do you fasten such a nickname on her ?

    你为什么给她取这样一个绰号?

  15. Many Viking men also had nicknames .

    许多维京人还有绰号。

  16. Parents in the countryside prefer to give nicknames including Gou Sheng and Gou Dan to their kids in the hope that they are as easy to be raised as dogs .

    农村的父母更愿意给孩子起狗剩、狗蛋之类的绰号,希望他们像狗一样好养活。

  17. She called me by my nickname .

    她叫我的外号。

  18. People said that he had jaundice and urchins nicknamed him " Yellow Fellow . "

    别人说他是黄胆病,孩子们也就叫他“黄胖”了

  19. Weightlifting fans nickname Li 's move the " flamingo " .

    举重粉丝们称这一动作“金鸡独立”。

  20. The nickname comes from the Chinese word for returnees , haiguipai , a homonym for sea turtles .

    在中文里,这类人被称为“海归派”。

  21. Now nicknamed Bertie , he 's visited more than half a dozen times in the last fortnight .

    这只獾现在的绰号是伯蒂,在过去两周内,它已经造访了六次以上。

  22. The other children taunted him with nicknames .

    其他的孩子用绰号取笑他

  23. This massive space telescope is what it takes to detect the Universe 's best kept secrets – neutrinos – also nicknamed ‘ ghost particles ' .

    科学家们需要用这台大型太空望远镜来探测宇宙中最隐蔽的秘密,即中微子,别名“幽灵粒子”。

  24. He tried to amuse her by calling her the affectionate nicknames " Dark Sweetie " and " Miss Chocolate . "

    方鸿渐要博鲍小姐欢心,便把“黑甜”、“朱古力小姐”那些亲昵的称呼告诉她

  25. A thousand trees have been pre-selected to rebuild the roof , nicknamed ' the forest ' for its sheer number of rafters .

    一千棵树被预先挑选出来,用于重建屋顶,屋顶因木椽数量之多而被昵称为“森林”。

  26. A key one to watch in Para swimming is Jiang Yuyan , nicknamed the ' flying fish ' , who in making her debut at 16 is the youngest of China 's team .

    在残疾人游泳项目中,绰号“飞鱼”的蒋裕燕值得关注。16岁的她首次出征残奥会,是中国队最年轻的选手。

  27. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians matriarch has just filed legal documents to trademark the word " momager " and embracing a nickname that has stuck ever since her family 's rise to fame .

    这位《与卡戴珊一家同行》节目的大家长已经正式为momager一词申请注册商标,这个从她们一家成名以来一直与她们同在的称呼终于被她们接受了。

  28. The gene the team identified is called ABCC9 and has been nicknamed the " Thatcher3 gene " in honor of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , famous for needing as little as four hours of sleep a night .

    他们发现的这个基因叫做ABCC9,后被人以前英国首相撒切尔夫人的名字命名,戏称为“撒切尔基因”,因为撒切尔夫人以睡眠时间少而著称,每天的睡眠时间只有四个小时。

  29. Example : After one Ukrainian woman gained international notoriety for her transformation into a " living doll " , at least two more have surfaced as devotees of the beauty trend , nicknamed the " Barbie flu " .

    乌克兰一名女子将自己整容成“真人洋娃娃”后在全球一举成名,随后,至少又有两名女子加入这一趋势,自愿感染“芭比流感”。

  30. So , one of its nicknames is The Second City .

    所以,芝加哥的一个别名就是“第二城”。