pet name

英 [ˈpet neɪm]

美 [ˈpet neɪm]

n.  昵称; 爱称

牛津词典

noun

• 昵称；爱称
  a name you use for sb instead of their real name, as a sign of affection

柯林斯词典

• 昵称；爱称
  Apet nameis a special name that you use for a close friend or a member of your family instead of using their real name.

英英释义

noun

• a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix)
  1. `Billy' is a hypocorism for `William'
  Synonym:hypocorism

双语例句

• Teddy was her pet name for him.
  泰迪是她给他起的爱称。
• Just started you to shout "pet name" time, my first came out.
  刚开始你在喊“爱称”的时候，我第一个出来了。
• All right, I got a little pet name I use for white people.
  没问题，我给白人起了个小外号。
• Her pet name is known here among those date-palm groves and in the court-yards where girls sit and talk while stitching their winter quilts.
  椰枣树下，村庄的院落里，姑娘们谈笑着缝制冬装。她的名字总是被人们亲昵地提起。
• Her car's pet name is Betsy.
  百喜是她的车子的昵称。
• This paper aims to carry on a new exploration about translation from the field of "pet name".
  本文主要从昵称这一领域对翻译学进行一次新探讨。
• Tom is the pet name of Thomas.
  汤姆是托马斯的爱称。
• Now Delilah was stuck with a burdensome pet whose name she refused to utter.
  现在黛利拉被这个烦人的宠物纠缠着，她都不想叫她的名字。
• -What is your pet pig's name?
  你的宠物猪叫什么名字？
• New line of pet spells called "Smack". Equivalent to Claw except with different name.
  宠物的一个新技能名称“猛击”，与爪击相同，只是名字不一样。