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

• Amitabha vows that "All sentient beings that intone my Buddha epithet will eradicate their crimes of eight billion eons and acquire merits of eight billion eons."
  阿弥陀佛自诩：“众生念我佛号一声，可以灭八十亿劫生死之罪，得八十亿劫微妙功德。”
• 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。
• 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）
• 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。
• They can be realized in the form of transferred epithet and metaphor.
  在诗歌中视角空间主要以移就和隐喻等修辞格的形式来体现。
• 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。
• 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。
• In Myanmar it is used as an epithet for people with South Asian appearances, such as the Rohingya.
  在缅甸，这个单词常用来描述有南亚外貌特征的人，如罗兴迦人等。
• 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。
• In memory of the dream at Gaya he was given the name of Gadadhar, the "Bearer of the Mace", an epithet of Vishnu.
  在迦耶之梦的回忆上，他给孩子命名为嘎达达尔，意思是“权杖的送信人”，毗瑟奴的一个称号。