单词 | pen name |
释义 | pen name (once / 30780 pages) n If you publish stories using a made-up name instead of your real one, it's your pen name. Even the Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling once wrote a book under the pen name Robert Galbraith. Go figure. Throughout history, many writers have used pen names to disguise their identities. In the last half of the 1800s, the British writer Mary Ann Evans published many acclaimed novels under her pen name, George Eliot, which she used because women writers weren't generally taken seriously at the time. Mark Twain is another famous pen name, chosen by Samuel Clemons because it was also a riverboat pilot's call meaning "two fathoms deep." WORD FAMILYpen name: pen names USAGE EXAMPLESTony Awtrey, a male author of romantic suspense who also writes under a female pen name, sat at the bar with his two kids. Seattle Times(Oct 06, 2016) Willard, as many physics trivia collectors know, was the pen name for Chester, a Siamese cat. New York Times(Sep 26, 2016) Cornwell’s pen name overshadows the title on the cover of this, his first memoir, “The Pigeon Tunnel.” Washington Times(Sep 06, 2016) n an author's pseudonym Syn|Hyper nom de plume anonym, nom de guerre, pseudonym a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role |
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