nickname

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
    — "The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.
  2. A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
    — My name is Jonathan, but I go by my nickname, Johnny.
动词 v.
  1. To give a nickname to (a person or thing). transitive
    — Gerald, nicknamed "Jerry", was usually a very cheerful person.

词形变化

nicknames plural nicknames present,singular,third-person nicknaming participle,present nicknamed participle,past nicknamed past

词汇关系

近义词
byname moniker nick to-name sobriquet handle cognomen surname eponym
下位词
hypocoristic pet name epithet
衍生词
nicknameable nicknamee nicknameless nicknamer nicknamey

词源

词源 1
From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname.
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.
词源 2
From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname.
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.
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