epithet
epithet 英 [ˈepɪθet] 美 [ˈɛpəˌθɛt]
n. 绰号；浑名
名词复数:epithets
- The noun epithet is a descriptive nickname, such as "Richard the Lionhearted," or "Tommy the Terrible." When it takes a turn for the worse, it can also be a word or phrase that offends.
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- n. 绰号；浑名
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1. For her part, though, Ono found the epithet less than distressing.
不过，对于她来说，小野发现这一绰号决不她痛心。
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2. My teen years were marked by the common epithet “Camel Jockey” and the hit AM radio song “Ahab the A-rab.”
“骆驼骑师” （Camel Jockey）和调幅电台的热门歌曲“Ahab the A-rab”是我青少年时代人们通用的绰号。
- 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, to place," from reduplicated form of PIE root *dhe- "to set, put." Related: Epithetic; epithetical.
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