汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 戏称
戏称 (戲稱)
to jokingly call / jocular appellation
❶〈动〉戏谑地称呼:因为他说话直爽,大伙~他“炮筒子”。❷〈名〉戏谑性的称呼:“万事通”是人们对他的~。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我们经常戏称德闽是总理。

We often jokingly call him "Prime Minister".

上周我们曾戏称国会此举无异于拆东墙补西墙。

Last week we called this a Congressional comb-over.

曼城主帅马克·休斯戏称自己感觉被抢劫了。

Mark Hughes, the City manager, spoke of feeling "robbed".

现在很多男人吃喝嫖赌都不会,还煮得一手好菜。我经常戏称他是二十一世纪新新好男人。

There're lots of men that can cook very well and they seldom drink wines, or visit a prostitute or gamble, usually we call such a man a good man in 21st century.

宇宙的整个结构是围绕着场线辐射形成的,也就是研究人员们戏称的所谓“邪恶轴心”。

The entire structure of the universe is formed around the field line radiation, the so-called "axis of evil" as the researchers dubbed it.

研究人员戏称这块化石标本为“T夫人”,它是在髫髻山组发掘的11 块 达尔文龙化石之一。

The fossil, dubbed "Mrs. T" by the researchers, is one of 11 Darwinopterus specimens that have been recovered from the formation.