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

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