epithet

noun

1. （尤用于褒贬人或事物特征或性质的）表述形容词，修饰语
   an adjective or phrase that is used to describe sb/sth's character or most important quality, especially in order to give praise or criticism
   1. 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”。
2. 别称；绰号；诨名
   an offensive word or phrase that is used about a person or group of people
   1. Racial epithets were scrawled on the walls.
      墙上涂写着一些带有种族歧视的称谓。

1. N-COUNT 表述形容词，修饰语（用以批评或称赞某人）
   An epithet is an adjective or short phrase which is used as a way of criticizing or praising someone.
   1. ...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

1. The epithet has no Chinese equivalent, he noted, probably because "aggressive" ways 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。
2. Indeed, some observers fear that the anti-science epithet is in danger of becoming meaningless.
   确实，一些观察者担心反科学这个词正处于消失的边际。
3. Transferred epithet is a very figure of speech of great importance in language use.
   移就是语言使用中一个重要的修辞格。
4. In reply to a question raised by Zhi Xuan, the Medicine Guru Buddha epithet in my calligraphy can also be offered on the altar or burned for His blessing.
   我回覆智宣的提问：我手书的南无药师琉璃光如来亦可供奉在佛桌上或焚化以得其加持。
5. The specific epithet variously did or did not repeat a key word from the phrase-name.
   种加词不同程度地重复或不重复同片语名称的某个关键词。
6. Transferred epithet is a figure of speech that an epithet ( an adjective or descriptive phrase) is transferred from the noun it should rightly modify to which it does not really belong.
   移就就是将属于甲事物的修饰词或描述性短语移置于另一事物。
7. Buddhists adopted the term as an epithet for the Buddha and his arahant disciples.
   佛教常以此作为佛陀和他的阿罗汉弟子的一个别称。
8. As requested by disciple Hao below, I had written the holy epithet of "Namo Spotless Eyes Buddha" in calligraphy.
   应子浩以下之提请，我已将〈南无无垢目如来〉的圣号书成翰墨了。
9. This paper makes an investigation on the basic nature, major characteristics of transferred epithet, and on the principle and techniques of translating this figure of speech from English into Chinese.
   文章重点探讨英语移就格的基本性质、主要特徵及其翻译的原则和方法。
10. An essential feature of transferred epithet is its deviation from the norm of language.
    修饰语移就是修辞格中比较独特的一种。
11. A resident of Galilee ( an epithet of Jesus Christ).
    加力力地区的居民（耶稣基督的称号）。
12. But there was no mourning, just cheering for the so-called "death of a racial epithet".
    不过没有人感到悲恸，人们只是为这个种族侮辱性称号的死亡而欢呼。
13. It was obvious how the city had earned its epithet as Salta la Linda: Salta the beautiful.
    来到这里我们就知道了城市是如何赢得其修饰语为萨尔塔香格里拉琳达，萨尔塔真的很美丽。
14. One could let the dinner cool if the cuckoo were shouting on the hill and William had not found the exact epithet he wanted.
    如果布谷鸟还在山里唱歌，威廉还没找到他想要的那个词去形容，晚饭就让它凉着去吧。
15. Disciple Suan Kuang in Melaka, Malaysia wrote me a supplication asking me to write in calligraphy the holy epithet of the Earth Treasure Bodhisattva.
    在马来西亚，马六甲的弟子传光写了一祈请电邮，要求我手书地藏王菩萨的圣号。
16. In Myanmar it is used as an epithet for people with South Asian appearances, such as the Rohingya.
    在缅甸，这个单词常用来描述有南亚外貌特征的人，如罗兴迦人等。
17. And for having put an end to the feral wandering of these few giants, so that they became the princes of the gentes, he received the epithet Stator, stayer or establisher.
    此外，由于使少数巨人们终止了野兽般的浪游，成了各部落的酋长，天帝又获得了Stator（即“支撑着”或“奠定者”）的称呼。
18. Gossip men, know as "long-tongued men", are found everywhere although the epithet is somehow none too popular yet.
    “长舌男”是到处有的，不知为什么这名词尚不甚流行。
19. To profane or sully ( a good name, for example). an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation.
    败坏，糟蹋败坏或糟蹋（例如，好名声）
20. The relationships between the English transferred epithet and the word it modifies are parallel, cause-effect and pure modification.
    英语转类形容词与其所修饰的词之间具有平行关系、因果关系和单纯的修辞关系。
21. In memory of the dream at Gaya he was given the name of Gadadhar, the "Bearer of the Mace", an epithet of Vishnu.
    在迦耶之梦的回忆上，他给孩子命名为嘎达达尔，意思是“权杖的送信人”，毗瑟奴的一个称号。
22. Cognitive Interpretation of Transferred Epithet in the Perspective of Conceptual Integration Theory
    概念整合理论视野下的移就认知阐释
23. I have several times heard the epithet "parliamentary" hurled pejoratively at the house of Representatives.
    我曾多次听到有人轻蔑地用“议会的”这个词谩骂众议院。
24. Amitabha vows that "All sentient beings that intone my Buddha epithet will eradicate their crimes of eight billion eons and acquire merits of eight billion eons."
    阿弥陀佛自诩：“众生念我佛号一声，可以灭八十亿劫生死之罪，得八十亿劫微妙功德。”
25. The history of the epithet& is the history of poetic style in an abridged edition.
    的称号历史的-是历史的诗意风格版在一节。
26. As you requested I had written the holy epithet of Medicine Guru Buddha in calligraphy. It is attached.
    应您之请求，我已手书药师佛的圣号。档案附呈。
27. Substitute whippersnapper for your chosen sexist or racist epithet and then imagine how many job interviews you can cram into your sudden abundance of free time.
    用自以为是的年轻人，来代替你选择的带有性别歧视或种族歧视的蔑称，然后设想一下，在你陡然充裕的闲暇时间里，能参加多少工作面试。
28. They can be realized in the form of transferred epithet and metaphor.
    在诗歌中视角空间主要以移就和隐喻等修辞格的形式来体现。
29. English transferred epithet is composed of transferred modifier and the central word.
    英语移就修辞格是由转移修饰语和中心词构成的。
30. Perspective spaces are built through the use of personification, transferred epithet and metaphor.
    在诗歌中视角空间主要通过拟人、移就和隐喻等修辞手法来建构。

noun

1. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

   Synonym:    name

2. descriptive word or phrase