单词 | aka |
释义 | akaadv. colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. ‘Also known as’: introducing an alternative name for a person (esp. an alias or nickname). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adverb] > also or otherwise known as aliasa1475 aka1948 1948 Catal. Copyright Entries (Libr. Congress) 3rd Ser. 2 1a. No. 1. Pref. p. iii/2 a. k. a., also known as. 1955 R. J. Schwartz Compl. Dict. Abbrev. 8/1 aka, also known as. 1969 Billboard 19 Apr. 16/1 said Toni Beaulieu aka Leone Perry Allen is the owner of said composition. 1970 New Yorker 5 Dec. 142/1 (advt.) Cassius Clay, a.k.a. Muhammud Ali. 1982 Times 8 Nov. 11/1 He is perhaps a shade too comfortable and not enough of a cad as Johnson, aka Ramirez, the outlaw. 1998 N.Y. Mag. 20 Apr. 48/1 Keehn and partner Russell Steinberg (a.k.a. Johnny Fayva, of the downtown lounge scene) have launched a micro-mini shop on Elizabeth Street, the hot spot of the second. 2009 Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 25/1 The brief career of Christopher Wallace, aka Smalls, aka the Notorious BIG, has been elevated to tragic fairytale. 2. In extended use: introducing an alternative description of or name for an object or activity. ΚΠ 1971 E. E. Landy Underground Dict. 32 Bent,..under the influence of a drug. a.k.a. bent out of shape. 1986 ‘J. Gash’ Tartan Sell xvii. 119 A ‘paper job’, aka ‘papering a house’, is one of the commonest antiques tricks in the world. 1991 A. Manguel Canad. Mystery Stories Introd. p. v It is commonplace to say that the laws of the detective story—a.k.a. mystery, thriller, whodunnit—were established by Edgar Allan Poe. 2009 New Yorker 23 Mar. 24/1 Right. The payroll tax—a.k.a. the Social Security tax, the Social Security and Medicare tax, or the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax—skims around fifteen per cent from the payroll of every business. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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