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

• I have several times heard the epithet "parliamentary" hurled pejoratively at the house of Representatives.
  我曾多次听到有人轻蔑地用“议会的”这个词谩骂众议院。
• Substitute whippersnapper for your chosen sexist or racist epithet and then imagine how many job interviews you can cram into your sudden abundance of free time.
  用自以为是的年轻人，来代替你选择的带有性别歧视或种族歧视的蔑称，然后设想一下，在你陡然充裕的闲暇时间里，能参加多少工作面试。
• To profane or sully ( a good name, for example). an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation.
  败坏，糟蹋败坏或糟蹋（例如，好名声）
• As you requested I had written the holy epithet of Medicine Guru Buddha in calligraphy. It is attached.
  应您之请求，我已手书药师佛的圣号。档案附呈。
• And for having put an end to the feral wandering of these few giants, so that they became the princes of the gentes, he received the epithet Stator, stayer or establisher.
  此外，由于使少数巨人们终止了野兽般的浪游，成了各部落的酋长，天帝又获得了Stator（即“支撑着”或“奠定者”）的称呼。
• The specific epithet variously did or did not repeat a key word from the phrase-name.
  种加词不同程度地重复或不重复同片语名称的某个关键词。
• English transferred epithet is composed of transferred modifier and the central word.
  英语移就修辞格是由转移修饰语和中心词构成的。
• A resident of Galilee ( an epithet of Jesus Christ).
  加力力地区的居民（耶稣基督的称号）。
• An essential feature of transferred epithet is its deviation from the norm of language.
  修饰语移就是修辞格中比较独特的一种。
• Transferred epithet is a very figure of speech of great importance in language use.
  移就是语言使用中一个重要的修辞格。