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

• 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。
• 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。
• This paper makes an investigation on the basic nature, major characteristics of transferred epithet, and on the principle and techniques of translating this figure of speech from English into Chinese.
  文章重点探讨英语移就格的基本性质、主要特徵及其翻译的原则和方法。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。