首页英语词典nicknamenickname英英释意

nickname

英['nɪkneɪm] 美['nɪk'nem]
  • n. 绰号;昵称
  • vt. 给……取绰号;叫错名字

英英释意


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"
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing;
"the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"