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
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- 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”。
- The film is long and dramatic but does not quite earn the epithet ‘epic’.
- 别称；绰号；诨名
an offensive word or phrase that is used about a person or group of people- Racial epithets were scrawled on the walls.
墙上涂写着一些带有种族歧视的称谓。
- Racial epithets were scrawled on the walls.
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.- ...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
- ...the religious issue which led to the epithet 'bible-basher'.
英英释义
noun
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- descriptive word or phrase
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。” - 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。 - The history of the epithet& is the history of poetic style in an abridged edition.
的称号历史的-是历史的诗意风格版在一节。 - But there was no mourning, just cheering for the so-called "death of a racial epithet".
不过没有人感到悲恸，人们只是为这个种族侮辱性称号的死亡而欢呼。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 - 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。