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

• Buddhists adopted the term as an epithet for the Buddha and his arahant disciples.
  佛教常以此作为佛陀和他的阿罗汉弟子的一个别称。
• 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。
• 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。
• Disciple Suan Kuang in Melaka, Malaysia wrote me a supplication asking me to write in calligraphy the holy epithet of the Earth Treasure Bodhisattva.
  在马来西亚，马六甲的弟子传光写了一祈请电邮，要求我手书地藏王菩萨的圣号。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Indeed, some observers fear that the anti-science epithet is in danger of becoming meaningless.
  确实，一些观察者担心反科学这个词正处于消失的边际。
• 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。
• 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。