(also codename,code-name)Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense code names, present participle code naming, past tense, past participle code named
1N-COUNT [usually NOUN n]代号;化名 A code name is a name used for someone or something in order to keep their identity secret. 代号;化名
One of their informers was working under the code name Czerny.
他们的一名线人用车尔尼作化名。
The operation was given the code name Dynamo.
这次行动的代号为“发电机”。
2VERB [usually passive](军事行动或警方的行动)以…为代号 If a military or police operation is code-named something, it is given a name which only the people involved in it know. (军事行动或警方的行动)以…为代号
The operation was code-named Moonlight Sonata. [beVERB-ed noun]
这次行动的代号是“月光奏鸣曲”。
...a military contingent, code-named Sparrowhawk. [VERB-ed]