简单释义：

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n. 绰号；外号；诨名

v. 给…起绰号

网络 昵称；别名；小名

变形：

复数：nicknames  过去分词：nicknamed  现在分词：nicknaming  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.诨名,绰号
2.外号
3.教名的略称,爱称
4.俗称
5.〔军〕代号

v.

1.给…加诨名,给…起绰号;用诨名[爱称]称呼
2.绰号叫
3.给...取外号
4.〔罕用语〕误称

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例句：

1. Kim (Kimy, my nickname for her) was my buddy, my crazy Korean card-playing babysitter. I spent most of my waking hours with Kimy.
   金太太（金米，我给她起的小名）是我的好朋友，一个疯狂的爱玩牌的韩国保姆。

2. Mr Novak's critics regarded him as "the prince of darkness" , a nickname he liked so much that he used it as the title of his autobiography.
   Novak先生的批评者称他为“黑暗王子”，他很喜欢这个绰号，用它来命名自己的个人自传。

3. Palin, 44, earned the nickname "Sarah Barracuda " for her fiery performances on her high school basketball team.
   44岁的佩林在高中篮球队时就有优秀的表现，还因此被人昵称为“莎拉梭子鱼”。

4. Well, if one good thing came out of the play, it's that I don't have to worry about the "Bubby" nickname anymore.
   唔，要是说这次演出出了什么好事情，那就是我再也不用担心那个“波波”的外号。

5. It was a nickname they used to speak about him among themselves, without attracting attention.
   这是她们之间用来谈论他的一个没有引起人们注意的绰号。

6. Heavy is a nickname, part of his last name, a fact he surrendered after more than a year of daily visits from workers.
   Heavy只是个绰号，源于他姓氏的一部分。这个细节也是工人们一年多持续拜访使他投降的结果。

7. And with a nickname like Elvis, it's always up for an airshow performance. . .
   与像猫王昵称，它总是表现为一个航空展…

8. She was referred to in public as "Lady Washington, " her popular nickname from the Revolutionary War era.
   她在公共场合被冠以华盛顿尊夫人（LadyWashington）的称呼；这也是人们在独立战争时期对她的普遍称谓。