- a false or different name, especially one that is used by a criminal(尤指罪犯所用的)化名,别名
- He checked into the hotel under an alias.他用化名登记住进旅馆。
Extra Examples- After her escape from prison, Claire Potter adopted the alias Margaret Smith.从监狱逃出来后,克莱尔·波特就化名玛格丽特·史密斯。
- One of his known aliases is Ed Neil.他的已知别名中有一个是埃德・尼尔。
- A conman used an alias to infiltrate the organization.一个骗子用化名混入了这个组织。
- It soon emerged that all three names were aliases for the same person.很快发现这三个名字都是同一个人的化名。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + aliasprepositionSee full entry - (computing计算机) a name that can be used instead of the actual name for a file, internet address, etc.(档案、互联网地址等用的)别名,假名
- You can also use our easy-to-remember forwarding alias.您也可以使用我们易于记忆的转发别名。
- On his website he uses the online alias ‘Maddox’.他在网站中使用的网名是“马多克斯”。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin, ‘at another time, otherwise’.