单词 | code name |
释义 | code namen. A word or symbol used as a substitute for the usual name of a person or thing, for secrecy or convenience. Esp. in military or police use: a word used to identify or refer to a classified operation, etc. Also occasionally: a word used to refer to something that has no name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > assumed or fictitious name alias1605 nom de guerre1652 onomastic1654 martial name1762 anonym1812 pseudonym1817 nom de plume1841 stage name1847 cryptonym1862 pen namea1864 allonym1867 code name1867 screen name1923 nom de vente1955 work name1963 1867 Sporting Times 2 Feb. 38/1 In Mr. Denman's system every horse has also a code name given to him, as well as a distinctive number. 1917 Courier & Argus (Dundee) 22 Oct. 3/6 Great things were expected from it [sc. an attack], as is suggested by the code name the Germans had chosen for it, that of ‘the Summer Harvest’. 1936 F. W. Crofts Loss of ‘Jane Vosper’ i. 22 Heading it with the code name and address of his firm. 1954 X. Fielding Hide & Seek iv. 48 A district so bountiful that among us it earned the code-name of ‘Lotus Land’. 1961 R. Seth Anat. Spying iii. 38 Among these was Wing-Commander Forest Yeo-Thomas, whose code-name was the White Rabbit. 2019 P. Mankekar & H. Carlan Global Digital Cultures iii. ix. 208 The execution occurred in secret under the code name Operation Three Star. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867 |
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