| 释义 |
Noun: nickname 'nik`neym- 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"
- moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname, monicker - A descriptive name for a place or thing
"the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is 'Old Ironsides'"
Verb: nickname 'nik`neym- Give a nickname to
- dub
Derived forms: nicknamed, nicknames, nicknaming Type of: appellation, appellative, call, denomination, designation, name Encyclopedia: Nickname |