nickname
nicknamenoun- a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name
绰号,诨名
verb- [with obj. and complement]give a nickname to; call by a nickname
给…起绰号;以绰号相称
an area nicknamed Sniper's Alley.
一片被戏称作“狙击手之巷”的区域。
语源- late Middle English: from an eke-name (eke meaning 'addition': see eke), misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name
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