1. 綽號;諢號;外號 A nickname is an informal name for someone or something.
e.g. Red got his nickname for his red hair. “紅毛”的綽號源于他的紅頭發(fā)。
2. 給…起綽號;把…俗稱(chēng)為 If you nickname someone or something, you give them an informal name.
e.g. When he got older I nicknamed him Little Alf... 當他大一點(diǎn)時(shí)，我給他起了個(gè)“小阿爾夫”的綽號。 e.g. Which newspaper was once nicknamed The Thunderer? 哪家報紙一度被稱(chēng)為“怒吼者”？
nickname英英釋義
noun
1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
e.g. Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph Henry's nickname was Slim
Synonym: monikercognomensobriquetsoubriquetbyname
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing
e.g. the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'