epithet ['epiθet]

n.
绰号, 称号

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单词 epithet 网络释义

名词 n. [C]
1.表示特征的修饰词
He cursed me, using a lot of rude epithets.
他用上许多粗鲁的修饰词来诅咒我。
2.(描述性的)称号
In `Alfred the Great', `the Great' is an epithet.
"阿尔弗雷德大帝"中的"大帝"是个称号。

单词 epithet 其它相关

单词解释
n. 浑名,绰号,称号
n. 1> a. A term used to characterize a person or thing, such as rosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great. b. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such as The Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
　 2> An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
　 3> 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, as sativa in Lactuca sativa.
相关例句
He insulted me, using rude epithets.
　 他用粗话诅咒我。
单词变化
复数: epithets
同义反义
同义词：designation, name, appellation, diminutive, byname, sobriquet, expletive, honorific, handle, curse, oath, nickname

单词 epithet 其它例句

- 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。
- A descriptive term; an epithet.
　 描述词一个描述性的词语；绰号
- When calling your epithets, I feel that the past time has come back to us.
　 叫你们外号的时候，我感觉过去的时光又回来了。