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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。