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

• 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。
• Disciple Suan Kuang in Melaka, Malaysia wrote me a supplication asking me to write in calligraphy the holy epithet of the Earth Treasure Bodhisattva.
  在马来西亚，马六甲的弟子传光写了一祈请电邮，要求我手书地藏王菩萨的圣号。
• 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。”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In reply to a question raised by Zhi Xuan, the Medicine Guru Buddha epithet in my calligraphy can also be offered on the altar or burned for His blessing.
  我回覆智宣的提问：我手书的南无药师琉璃光如来亦可供奉在佛桌上或焚化以得其加持。
• A resident of Galilee ( an epithet of Jesus Christ).
  加力力地区的居民（耶稣基督的称号）。
• 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。