nickname: [14] A nickname is etymologically an ‘additional name’. The word was originally ekename, whose eke ‘addition’ 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 öknamn, Danish ögenavn; see eke; also see N). As a verb from 1530s. Related: Nicknamed; nicknaming.
实用例句
1. The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.
查明杀手身份的重要线索是他的外号叫“花生”.
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2. Andrew roared with delight when he heard Rachel's nickname for the baby.
安德鲁听到雷切尔给婴儿起的绰号时，不禁高兴得大笑起来。
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3. His family's Cantonese nickname for him translates as Never Sits Still.
家人为他起的广东话绰号意思是NeverSitsStill（从来坐不住）。
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4. She professed to hate her nickname.
她自称痛恨自己的外号。
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5. She delighted in the nickname, the "iron lady".
