| 词汇 | epithet |
| 释义 | epithet noun[ C ] formaluk /ˈep.ɪ.θet/ us /ˈep.ə.θet/ an adjective added to a person's name or a phrase used instead of it, usually to criticize or praise them: （通常指在褒贬人时使用的）表述形容词，修饰语 The singer's 104-kilo frame earned him the epithet of "Man Mountain" in the press.这位歌剧演员身躯魁梧，体重104公斤，新闻报道中他的名前因此而被冠以“巨人”的称号。 Names and titles A.N. Other age aka alias appellation forename form of address given name good name identity pet name place name pseudonym pseudonymity pseudonymous unchristened under the name ofidiom unidentified unnamed untitled epithet | American Dictionaryepithet noun[ C ] us/ˈep·əˌθet/ a word or phrase used to describe someone, often as an insult: a racial epithet His stubbornness earned him the epithet “Senator No.” Examples of epithetepithet In sum, while quasi-indicators are intrinsically opaque, epithets are intrinsically transparent. Nonhuman-animal epithets insult humans by invoking contempt for other species: rat, worm, viper, goose. What interests us is whether these epithets, in addition to their obvious socioreligious significance, can also be seen as indicators of economic status. A third method was rhetorically to use epithets that were appropriate to a deity, thus associating with the divine being. An epithet often manifests itself under the guise of a (definite) description that modifies a singular term to form a compound noun phrase. Most derivations of specific epithets that describe certain characteristics of the plant are surprisingly easy to trace. Here he includes epithets, certain attributive adjectives, and honorifics. I shall show how epithets are best understood if analyzed alongside quasi-indicators. For this reason, an utterance containing a parenthetical or an epithet can be either true or false independently of the truth-conditions of the background proposition. Nevertheless, his harangue comes packaged in offensive epithets and unsympathetic decision-making. There were also other less charitable labels and epithets directed his way. These efforts have been maintained recently with a number of unpleasant and degrading epithets, 'bed -blockers' being the best of them. The epithet sinchroden 'adorned with treasure' (14a) that is used of the woman further identifies her as a member of the aristocracy. Thus, any account of presupposition and accommodation could be applied to the anaphoric use of epithets. In particular, it can easily account for the attributive feature of epithets. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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