epithet

英 ['epɪθet] 美['ɛpɪθɛt]

英英释义实用场景例句

GRE畅通词汇

复数: epithets;

epithet 别称，绰号

epi-, 在上，其它。-thet, 放置，词源同do, theme, thesis. 即附加的名字，别称。

1. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase;: "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"

epithet: epithet: [16] Etymologically, an epithet is a word that is ‘put on’ to or ‘added’ to another. The term comes from Greek epítheton, which meant literally ‘addition’, but was used by Greek grammarians for ‘adjective’. It was a derivative of epitithénai ‘put on, add’, a compound verb formed from the prefix epí- ‘on’ and tithénai ‘place, put’ (a relative of English do and theme). By the time the word reached English (via French or Latin) it had moved over from the vocabulary of the grammarian to that of the layman, in the sense ‘descriptive appellation’.
=> do, theme
epithet (n.): "descriptive name for a person or thing," 1570s, from Middle French épithète or directly from Latin epitheton (source also of Spanish epíteto, Portuguese epitheto, Italian epiteto), from Greek epitheton "an epithet; something added," noun use of adjective (neuter of epithetos) "attributed, added, assumed," from epitithenai "to add on," from epi "in addition" (see epi-) + tithenai "to put" (see theme). Related: Epithetic; epithetical.

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”。

...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

This paper makes an analysis of its formation, function and difference from transferred epithet.: 本文从通感的表现形式, 作用及与修饰语移置辞格的辨析对该辞格进行探讨.

Transferred epithet or hypallage is a common figure of speech in both English and Chinese languages.: 移就或修饰语移置是英语和汉语中一种常见的修辞格.

The epithet has no Chinese equivalent , he noted aggressiveways and attitudes are missing in Chinese culture.: 他说“aggressive”并没有中文译词, 这说明在中国文化内没有类似“aggressive”的作风或态度.

From the deep structure of transferred epithet, its internal language meaning can be tenable.: 从移就的深层结构来看, 其内在的话语意义是可以成立的.

Transferred epithet is a very figure of speech of great importance in language use.: 摘要移就是语言使用中一个重要的修辞格.