英语词汇“epithet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	epithet
释义	ep·i·thet I. \ˈepəˌthe]t also -pē- or -pi- or -_thə̇]; usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Latin epitheton, from Greek, from neuter of epithetos added, from epitithenai 1. a. also epith·e·ton \ə̇ˈpithəˌtän, eˈ-\ : a characterizing word or phrase < epithets applied to gorillas by psychologists …: cautious, conservative, not skillful mechanically or manually — A.L.Kroeber > < the epithet of “the most unsordid act in history” — Economist > as (1) : such a word or phrase joined often by fixed association to the name of a person or thing < identified more familiarly by his epithet as Richard Lionheart than by his number as Richard the First > < such stock ornamental epithets in Homer as “wine-dark” that regularly precedes “sea” > (2) : such a word or phrase used as a name for a person or thing < uses the epithet “the Eternal” instead of the usual title “the Lord” > b. : a disparaging or abusive word or phrase < his sneering tone made “professor” an epithet > < hurled the epithets “slave-labor law” and “un-American” at the proposed bill > c. : the part of a scientific name identifying the species, variety, or other subunit within a genus < in the scientific name Rosa chinensis longifolia, chinensis is the specific epithet and longifolia is the varietal epithet > 2. obsolete : expression < suffer love! a good epithet … for I love thee against my will — Shakespeare > 3. : the use of epithets; especially : name-calling < loud denunciation, epithet, and abuse — A.E.Stevenson †1965 > II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) : to describe with an epithet < “woeful woman”, as he epitheted her > < whose appearance she epitheted “untimely” >
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