alias

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a·li·as1 /ˈeɪliəs/ prepositionprep

NAME OF A PERSONused when giving someone’s real name, especially an actor’s or a criminal’s name, together with another name they use 又名，化名〔尤指演员或罪犯〕

‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston, alias Rachel Green

《六人行》的主角珍妮佛·安尼斯顿，即瑞秋·格林

Examples from the Corpus

alias• That's a picture of Margaret Zelle, alias Mata Hari.• We were introduced to Mrs Taylor, alias Meg Dods, author of the Housewife's Manual.• Carlos, alias "The Jackal', is wanted by police in several countries.

Related topics: Computers

alias2 noun [countableC]

NAME OF A PERSONa false name, usually used by a criminal 〔通常指罪犯用的〕假名，化名

a spy operating under the alias Barsad

一个化名巴萨德进行活动的间谍

Examples from the Corpus

alias• Nog is a mysterious itinerant who sells the narrator a foam-rubber octopus, and whose name he adopts as an alias.• Somewhere out on the trail, Johnnie had taken an alias or gotten married.• Neural networks go by many aliases.• Roberts is known to use a number of aliases, including Bill Smith, Paul Williams, and even Count Von Blixenburg.• She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner.• Her brother, Solomon, a spy operating under the alias Barsad.• All three also claimed that McVeigh, using the alias Bob Kling, came into the shop with another man.

under ... alias• Her brother, Solomon, a spy operating under the alias Barsad.• An alternative speculation is that he exists at present under the alias of Robert S.. Fanshaw or another alias.

Origin alias1

(1400-1500) Latin “otherwise”

a·li·as1 prepositionprepalias2 noun

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