epithet

英 [ˈepɪθet]

美 [ˈepɪθet]

n.  (尤用于褒贬人或事物特征或性质的)表述形容词，修饰语; 别称; 绰号; 诨名

复数：epithets　

GRE

BNC.18724 / COCA.14731

牛津词典

noun

• （尤用于褒贬人或事物特征或性质的）表述形容词，修饰语
  an adjective or phrase that is used to describe sb/sth's character or most important quality, especially in order to give praise or criticism
  1. The film is long and dramatic but does not quite earn the epithet ‘epic’.
     这部影片篇幅长，戏剧性强，不过还不能誉为“史诗”。
• 别称；绰号；诨名
  an offensive word or phrase that is used about a person or group of people
  1. Racial epithets were scrawled on the walls.
     墙上涂写着一些带有种族歧视的称谓。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 表述形容词，修饰语（用以批评或称赞某人）
  Anepithetis an adjective or short phrase which is used as a way of criticizing or praising someone.
  1. ...the religious issue which led to the epithet 'bible-basher'.
     导致出现“《圣经》的狂热宣讲者”这一称谓的宗教问题

英英释义

noun

• a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
  Synonym:name
• descriptive word or phrase

双语例句

• The relationships between the English transferred epithet and the word it modifies are parallel, cause-effect and pure modification.
  英语转类形容词与其所修饰的词之间具有平行关系、因果关系和单纯的修辞关系。
• Gossip men, know as "long-tongued men", are found everywhere although the epithet is somehow none too popular yet.
  “长舌男”是到处有的，不知为什么这名词尚不甚流行。
• Transferred epithet is a figure of speech that an epithet ( an adjective or descriptive phrase) is transferred from the noun it should rightly modify to which it does not really belong.
  移就就是将属于甲事物的修饰词或描述性短语移置于另一事物。
• Cognitive Interpretation of Transferred Epithet in the Perspective of Conceptual Integration Theory
  概念整合理论视野下的移就认知阐释
• As requested by disciple Hao below, I had written the holy epithet of "Namo Spotless Eyes Buddha" in calligraphy.
  应子浩以下之提请，我已将〈南无无垢目如来〉的圣号书成翰墨了。
• The epithet has no Chinese equivalent, he noted, probably because "aggressive" ways and attitudes are missing in Chinese culture.
  他说“aggressive”并没有中文译词，这说明在中国文化内没有类似“aggressive”的作风或态度。
• In reply to a question raised by Zhi Xuan, the Medicine Guru Buddha epithet in my calligraphy can also be offered on the altar or burned for His blessing.
  我回覆智宣的提问：我手书的南无药师琉璃光如来亦可供奉在佛桌上或焚化以得其加持。
• Perspective spaces are built through the use of personification, transferred epithet and metaphor.
  在诗歌中视角空间主要通过拟人、移就和隐喻等修辞手法来建构。
• One could let the dinner cool if the cuckoo were shouting on the hill and William had not found the exact epithet he wanted.
  如果布谷鸟还在山里唱歌，威廉还没找到他想要的那个词去形容，晚饭就让它凉着去吧。
• It was obvious how the city had earned its epithet as Salta la Linda: Salta the beautiful.
  来到这里我们就知道了城市是如何赢得其修饰语为萨尔塔香格里拉琳达，萨尔塔真的很美丽。