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epithet

音標['epiθet] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 渾名, 綽號, 稱號

詞型變化:

形容詞:epithetic 

英文解釋:

名詞 epithet:

  1. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
    同義詞:name
  2. descriptive word or phrase

例句:

  1. He cursed me, using a lot of rude epithets like "bloody".
    他用了一大串諸如“該死的”之類的粗俗詞語詛咒我。
  2. A descriptive term; an epithet.
    描述詞一個描述性的詞語; 綽號

詳細解釋:


ep.i.thet

n.(名詞)

A term used to characterize a person or thing, such asrosy-fingered in rosy-fingered dawn or the Great in Catherine the Great.
表述詞語:用來表示某人某物特性的一個表達,如玫瑰色狀的黎明 中的 玫瑰色指狀的偉大的凱薩琳 中的 偉大的
A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person, such asThe Great Emancipator for Abraham Lincoln.
加於人名的稱號,綽號:用來代替一個人姓名或頭銜的稱謂,如偉大的解放者 用來稱呼亞伯拉罕·林肯
An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
渾名:帶侮辱性的單詞或短語
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, assativa in Lactuca sativa.
【生物學】 種名部分:接在屬名之後的動物或植物的科學名稱,指一個種、變種或屬下面的其它類別,如家萵苣萵苣屬、家萵苣種

來源:
Latin epitheton
拉丁語 epitheton
from Greek [neuter of] epithetos [added, attributed]
源自 希臘語 [] epithetos的中性 [附加的,增加的]
from epitithenai [to add to]
源自 epitithenai [加在]
epi- [epi-]
epi- [前綴,表.在…之前.]
tithenai [to place] * see dhô-
tithenai [放] *參見 dhô-

【引伸】
ep.ithet.ic 或
ep.ithet.ical
adj.(形容詞)
Strictly speaking,an epithet need not be derogatory,but the term is commonly used as a simple synonym for .term of abuse. or .slur,.as in the sentenceThere is no place for racial epithets in a police officer`s vocabulary. This usage is accepted by 80 percent of the Usage Panel.
嚴格來講,綽號不應是貶義的,但此詞一般用作.罵人的稱呼.或.污辱.的同義詞,如在下句中在一名警官的辭彙中不應有粗俗的話。 這種用法被用法使用小組百分之八十的人接受

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