Nickname

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a descriptive name for a place or thing; 'the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides''.

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• His striking discoveries soon earned for him the nickname of The Wizard of Menlo Park. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• And a wery good name it is; only one I know that ain't got a nickname to it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He was what people call fierce stuff, he was nicknamed the Tiger, and he seems to have been rather proud of his nickname. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Brummell never made his appearance in London after the receipt of this letter, which gained Meyler the nickname of the dandy-killer. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Touching glasses together in drinking, preparatory to a confidential talk, has come to be nicknamed hob-nobbing because of the equipment incidental to that action years ago. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They were nicknamed Huns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The necessary steam boilers were accommodated in the basement, while the second floor was occupied by six generators of 125 horse-power each, nicknamed Jumbos. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He was what people call fierce stuff, he was nicknamed the Tiger, and he seems to have been rather proud of his nickname. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The wits nicknamed him _Il Milione_, because he was always talking of millions of people and millions of ducats. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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