| 单词 | alias |
| 释义 | alias (once / 2083 pages) nadv Your alias could be as important as the name you use when you’re on the run from the cops or as simple as your screen name on social networking site. Either way, an alias a temporary name, one you don’t use all the time or for every occasion. If you crash your parents' lovingly-restored MG into the garage when you aren't even supposed to be driving it, it might be easier to skip town and live under an assumed name, or alias, than deal with their reaction. Alias can also be used as an adverb to mean “also known as." You might swing back into town after things have cooled off with mom and dad and introduce your new boyfriend “John Smith, alias Lock Jaw Johnnie, wanted in 39 states.” Or not. WORD FAMILYalias: aliases USAGE EXAMPLESCourt documents say Gilbert used the name Gilbert Clifford as an alias. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) The arrest warrant lists six different aliases used by Anis Amri, who at times tried to pass himself off as an Egyptian or Lebanese. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) But it lists multiple aliases, many of them variants on his name, and Egyptian and Lebanese citizenship as well. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a name that has been assumed temporarily Syn|Hyper assumed name, false name name a language unit by which a person or thing is known 2adv as known or named at another time or place Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette Syn a.k.a., also known as |
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