The towering redwood in the park earned the nickname 'The Giant' because of its remarkable height and age.
公园里那棵高大的红杉因其惊人的高度和树龄而获得了“巨人”的昵称。
- One colony in Utah, nicknamed 'Pando,' covers over 100 acres.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “nickname”?
D — A familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing. “nickname” means a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing.
Which word means “a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing”?
C — nickname. “nickname” means a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing.
nickname — a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing. In Chinese: 昵称.
nickname is pronounced /ˈnɪkˌneɪm/.
The towering redwood in the park earned the nickname 'The Giant' because of its remarkable height and age. (公园里那棵高大的红杉因其惊人的高度和树龄而获得了“巨人”的昵称。)
sobriquet, alias, moniker — all close in meaning to nickname (a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing).
official name, legal name — each the opposite of nickname (a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing).
Yes. nickname is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.