- a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name绰号, 诨名。
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.
一片被戏称为“狙击手之巷”的区域。
词源
late Middle English: from an eke-name （eke meaning 'addition'： see EKE2）, misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name.