nickname: [14] A nickname is etymologically an ‘a(chǎn)dditional name’. The word was originally ekename, whose eke ‘a(chǎn)ddition’ was a derivative of the verb eke (as in ‘eke out’). But by the 15th century an ekename was becoming misinterpreted as a nekename – hence nickname (the same process produced newt [15] from ewt, ancestor of modern English eft ‘newt’, and the reverse happened to adder, apron, and umpire). => eke
nickname (n.)
mid-15c., misdivision of ekename (c. 1300), an eke name, literally "an additional name," from Old English eaca "an increase," related to eacian "to increase" (cognate with Old Norse auknafn, Swedish ?knamn, Danish ?genavn; see eke; also see N). As a verb from 1530s. Related: Nicknamed; nicknaming.
雙語例句
1. The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.
查明殺手身份的重要線索是他的外號(hào)叫“花生”.
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2. Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel's nickname for the baby.
安德魯聽到雷切爾給嬰兒起的綽號(hào)時(shí)，不禁高興得大笑起來。
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3. His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still.
家人為他起的廣東話綽號(hào)意思是NeverSitsStill（從來坐不住）。
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4. She professed to hate her nickname.
她自稱痛恨自己的外號(hào)。
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5. She delighted in the nickname, the "iron lady".