英 [ˈnɪkneɪm] 美 [ˈnɪkneɪm]
n. 绰号，外号
v. 给……起绰号；叫错名字
复数nicknames
第三人称单数nicknames
现在分词nicknaming
过去式nicknamed
过去分词nicknamed
nickname /ˈnɪkˌneɪm/ CET6 TEM4 [ nicknaming nicknamed nicknames ]
可数名词 A nickname is an informal name for someone or something. 绰号
Red got his nickname for his red hair.
“红红”因为他的红头发而得了这个绰号。
及物动词 If you nickname someone or something, you give them an informal name. 给…起绰号
When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf.
他长大些后，我给他起了绰号“小阿尔夫”。
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
同义词： moniker / cognomen / sobriquet / soubriquet / byname
a descriptive name for a place or thing
the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'
give a nickname to
同义词： dub
他获得了两个响当当的绰号(Nickname)：氧气罐、三肺朴。据统计，在她的心里潜伏着一个深渊，扔下巨石也发不出声音。
...：用户产品登录，一般由英文字母或与数字组成。在系统中具有唯一性，一般设置一次后不可更改。对用户本人可见，但对其他用户一般不可见。 用户昵称（Nickname）：为用户名的备注说明。一般由英文、数字或中文组成。
亚辛外号(Nickname)是八爪鱼，这个倒似中国人说的千手观音或八臂罗汉；还有野猪戴维斯，矮壮敦实，勇敢似野猪。
申请人呢称(Nickname)：恋妖的曲
She professed to hate her nickname.
她声称讨厌她的绰号。
The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.
关于杀手身份的重大线索是他的绰号——花生。
His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still.
他家人为他起的广东话绰号翻译过来意思是“永远坐不住”。
A few years ago,some marketing and advertising experts were asked to name the best nickname for an American city.
VOA : special.2009.12.27
Then the government created a second such institution called --and they gave it a boy's name with a nickname, boy's name--Freddie Mac.
之后政府成立了第二个类似机构,他们给它起了个男孩名字,一个昵称,叫做房地美
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Well, I think their nickname is Boris Bikes 'cause the mayor Boris Johnson kind of set up the scheme.
好的，它们的小名是鲍里斯车，因为市长鲍里斯•詹森建立了这项计划。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 伦敦的蓝色自行车
"Tre is named after his father David Glenn. But he's a third so that's how his nickname is Tre.
VOA : special.2009.07.06
It got its nickname, The Garden State, because New Jersey truck farms once provided vegetables to those big cities.
VOA : special.2009.08.16
"I was patiently waiting for somebody to give me a nickname that I thought suited me, " he says.
Arriving in Colaba, Lindsay befriends a tour guide of his own, Prabhaker, who gives him the nickname Linbaba.
One benefit to confirming your identity this way is getting to use a nickname.