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单词 eponymous
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Definition of eponymous in English:

eponymous

adjective ɪˈpɒnɪməsəˈpɑnəməs
  • 1(of a person) giving their name to something.

    the eponymous hero of the novel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Published in 1937 and set in Azerbaijan as the first world war breaks out, the eponymous characters are a Muslim and a Christian.
    • Stetson, her latest novel, is told from the first person voice of its eponymous character.
    • Lanchester's second novel follows a day in the life of its eponymous hero.
    • Seven years on, Leigh has graduated to the role of the eponymous king for Shakespeare in the Park's new staging of the play.
    • Set in 1994 Ireland, the movie is based on the real-life events of its eponymous character, an Irish journalist.
    • The Trial of Davros features Terry Molloy as the eponymous anti-hero, here reprising his original TV role.
    • The eponymous hero is played by the blue-eyed Peter O'Toole.
    • A hardy few climb to another refuge, Re Alberto I, named after the eponymous king of the Belgians who came here to climb.
    • The eponymous heroine is a shy 17-year-old whose mother arranged her marriage at birth.
    • Mirroring the philosophy of the eponymous hero, cast members refused to be taken for granted when the theatre talked of extending their run.
    • The real surprise was that the eponymous anti-hero isn't the central character.
    • Angela Bettis stars as the eponymous heroine: a young woman who, ostracized by her childhood peers, grows up an introverted, awkward thing.
    • Like the eponymous hero in The Picture of Dorian Gray, he stands for a new motive for art.
    • The fresh tale follows the familiar style of the original - the eponymous hero magically transported from a suburban fancy-dress shop to a new world.
    • It is highly didactic, and the reader speedily loses interest in whatever the eponymous hero happens to believe at any time.
    • We recall Goethe writing The Sorrows of Young Werther, which set off a wave of suicides in Europe in imitation of the eponymous hero.
    • I, Dreyfus takes the form of its eponymous hero's autobiography, penned while in prison.
    • Early in the action the eponymous hero, a Scottish mercenary soldier, is sentenced to be hanged together with a group of gypsies.
    • The eponymous hero wanders off for two minutes before his worried mother finds him.
    Synonyms
    identifying
    1. 1.1 (of a thing) named after a particular person or group.
      their eponymous debut LP
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He now releases he first eponymous album on newly formed Our Records.
      • The bad news for the British fashion industry was that Stella McCartney would not be showing her debut eponymous collection in London.
      • On the evidence of their eponymous debut album, they don't even have much in common with others in the new wave of bands influenced by post-punk guitar.
      • Their eponymous debut album is of a calibre very rarely found in indie music (until this year, seemingly).
      • At least half the songs on this eponymous debut are still considered one hundred percent solid gold classics.
      • Their first eponymous album was raw and of its time, but still rewards the listener today.
      • He was quickly signed to Columbia Records and recorded his eponymous debut album at 19.
      • The band's eponymous debut was recorded in a slapdash fashion.
      • "Downtown has been starved for something like this, " he says, describing his eponymous restaurant.
      • Suitably impressed, I went out and bought Roxy's eponymous 1972 debut.
      • He now has his own eponymous restaurant at the hotel and has won a Michelin Star.
      • Put yourself in Hiro's hands at his eponymous storefront restaurant.
      • Meanwhile, his Canadian counterpart's eponymous debut is widely expected to go double platinum in the UK before the year is out.
      • But it's this variation that makes their eponymous debut all the better.
      • He has just released his second solo album, the follow-up to his eponymous solo debut of two years ago, and a cracking record it is too.
      • Still, all of it would be just about forgivable had their eponymous debut been magnificent.
      • A handful of EPs and a first eponymous album followed in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
      • In any case, he has been seeing a lot less of his home state in the three years since the release of his band's eponymous major label debut.
      • It's been five years since their eponymous debut album and the band is now finally ready to unveil its comeback LP.
      • Between 2001 and 2003, they worked on material for their eponymous debut album.

Derivatives

  • eponymously

  • adverb
    • The two-star Michelin restaurant is eponymously named after the remarkable Italian chef.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Their eponymously titled album was the first thing I bought with my first student grant, and they were also the first band I saw at a proper gig.
      • With his books, TV show and eponymously named Web site, he offers up a guide to the best beers in the world.
      • While Laennec's stethoscope revolutionized diagnosis of diseases of the chest, his name is eponymously associated with micronodular cirrhosis of the liver (Laennec's cirrhosis).
      • In 1988, the BBC gave Thompson her own show, eponymously titled, and she opted for a format that featured short but elaborate sketches designed to capitalise upon her versatility as a comic actress.

Rhymes

anonymous, Hieronymus, pseudonymous, synonymous
 
 

Definition of eponymous in US English:

eponymous

adjectiveəˈpɑnəməsəˈpänəməs
  • 1(of a person) giving their name to something.

    the eponymous hero of the novel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seven years on, Leigh has graduated to the role of the eponymous king for Shakespeare in the Park's new staging of the play.
    • The fresh tale follows the familiar style of the original - the eponymous hero magically transported from a suburban fancy-dress shop to a new world.
    • Lanchester's second novel follows a day in the life of its eponymous hero.
    • Set in 1994 Ireland, the movie is based on the real-life events of its eponymous character, an Irish journalist.
    • I, Dreyfus takes the form of its eponymous hero's autobiography, penned while in prison.
    • We recall Goethe writing The Sorrows of Young Werther, which set off a wave of suicides in Europe in imitation of the eponymous hero.
    • The real surprise was that the eponymous anti-hero isn't the central character.
    • It is highly didactic, and the reader speedily loses interest in whatever the eponymous hero happens to believe at any time.
    • A hardy few climb to another refuge, Re Alberto I, named after the eponymous king of the Belgians who came here to climb.
    • Early in the action the eponymous hero, a Scottish mercenary soldier, is sentenced to be hanged together with a group of gypsies.
    • Like the eponymous hero in The Picture of Dorian Gray, he stands for a new motive for art.
    • The eponymous hero wanders off for two minutes before his worried mother finds him.
    • Published in 1937 and set in Azerbaijan as the first world war breaks out, the eponymous characters are a Muslim and a Christian.
    • Angela Bettis stars as the eponymous heroine: a young woman who, ostracized by her childhood peers, grows up an introverted, awkward thing.
    • The eponymous heroine is a shy 17-year-old whose mother arranged her marriage at birth.
    • The Trial of Davros features Terry Molloy as the eponymous anti-hero, here reprising his original TV role.
    • The eponymous hero is played by the blue-eyed Peter O'Toole.
    • Mirroring the philosophy of the eponymous hero, cast members refused to be taken for granted when the theatre talked of extending their run.
    • Stetson, her latest novel, is told from the first person voice of its eponymous character.
    Synonyms
    identifying
    1. 1.1 (of a thing) named after a particular person.
      Roseanne's eponymous hit TV series
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Meanwhile, his Canadian counterpart's eponymous debut is widely expected to go double platinum in the UK before the year is out.
      • Still, all of it would be just about forgivable had their eponymous debut been magnificent.
      • The band's eponymous debut was recorded in a slapdash fashion.
      • He has just released his second solo album, the follow-up to his eponymous solo debut of two years ago, and a cracking record it is too.
      • On the evidence of their eponymous debut album, they don't even have much in common with others in the new wave of bands influenced by post-punk guitar.
      • He now has his own eponymous restaurant at the hotel and has won a Michelin Star.
      • At least half the songs on this eponymous debut are still considered one hundred percent solid gold classics.
      • In any case, he has been seeing a lot less of his home state in the three years since the release of his band's eponymous major label debut.
      • The bad news for the British fashion industry was that Stella McCartney would not be showing her debut eponymous collection in London.
      • Their eponymous debut album is of a calibre very rarely found in indie music (until this year, seemingly).
      • "Downtown has been starved for something like this, " he says, describing his eponymous restaurant.
      • He was quickly signed to Columbia Records and recorded his eponymous debut album at 19.
      • But it's this variation that makes their eponymous debut all the better.
      • Put yourself in Hiro's hands at his eponymous storefront restaurant.
      • Suitably impressed, I went out and bought Roxy's eponymous 1972 debut.
      • Their first eponymous album was raw and of its time, but still rewards the listener today.
      • He now releases he first eponymous album on newly formed Our Records.
      • Between 2001 and 2003, they worked on material for their eponymous debut album.
      • A handful of EPs and a first eponymous album followed in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
      • It's been five years since their eponymous debut album and the band is now finally ready to unveil its comeback LP.
 
 
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