| 单词 | pet name |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspet name pet name n. a nickname, a hypocoristic name, (now) esp. an abbreviated or altered form of a person's name, expressing fondness or familiarity. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > pet name minikin name1756 pet name1807 pet word1829 hypocorism1850 petit nom1867 hypocoristic1930 pet form1932 1807 E. S. Barrett All Talents ii. 32 Some, however, assert that it is a pet name for the guillotine. 1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times II. 36 Lord C—— had a tolerable chance of becoming acquainted with my friend's reporters (a pet name for hair-triggers). 1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese xxxiii, in Poems (new ed.) II. 470 Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear The name I used to run at, when a child, From innocent play. 1905 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 8/3 (heading) ‘All Black’ pet names. How the New Zealanders are known to each other. 1997 Roger's Profanisaurus 15/1 John Thomas, the pet name by which Lady Chatterley's lover..famously referred to his pink hoe. < as lemmas |
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