单词乎

epithet

音标['epiθet]

汉语翻译

n. 浑名, 绰号, 称号

词型变化

形容词:epithetic 

英语解释

名词 epithet:

  1. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
    同义词:name
  2. descriptive word or phrase

例句

  1. He cursed me, using a lot of rude epithets like "bloody".
    他用了一大串诸如“该死的”之类的粗俗词语来诅咒我。
  2. A descriptive term; an epithet.
    描述词一个描述性的词语; 绰号

详细解释


ep.i.thet

n.(名词)


A term used to characterize a person or thing, such asrosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
表述词语:用来表示某人某物特性的一个表达,如玫瑰色状的黎明 中的 玫瑰色指状的伟大的凯瑟琳 中的 伟大的
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such asThe Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
加于人名的称号,绰号:用来代替一个人姓名或头衔的称谓,如伟大的解放者 用来称呼亚伯拉罕·林肯
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
浑名:带侮辱性的单词或短语
Biology A word in the scientific name of an animal or a plant following the name of the genus and denoting a species, variety, or other division of the genus, assativa in Lactuca sativa.
【生物学】 种名部分:接在属名之后的动物或植物的科学名称,指一个种、变种或属下面的其它类别,如家莴苣莴苣属、家莴苣种

来源:
Latin epitheton
拉丁语 epitheton
from Greek [neuter of] epithetos [added, attributed]
源自 希腊语 [] epithetos的中性 [附加的,增加的]
from epitithenai [to add to]
源自 epitithenai [加在]
epi- [epi-]
epi- [前缀,表.在…之前.]
tithenai [to place] * see dhô-
tithenai [放] *参见 dhô-

【引伸】
ep.ithet.ic 或
ep.ithet.ical
adj.(形容词)
Strictly speaking,an epithet need not be derogatory,but the term is commonly used as a simple synonym for .term of abuse. or .slur,.as in the sentenceThere is no place for racial epithets in a police officer`s vocabulary. This usage is accepted by 80 percent of the Usage Panel.
严格来讲,绰号不应是贬义的,但此词一般用作.骂人的称呼.或.污辱.的同义词,如在下句中在一名警官的词汇中不应有粗俗的话。 这种用法被用法使用小组百分之八十的人接受


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