Epithet
[ 'ɛpɪθɛt ]
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n. （表示性质、特征等的）词语;
💡 词根助记
epi(upon)+thet(to put)→性质形容词；绰号；浑名
📝 例句
Homeric epithet
荷马式描述语
an epithet that sums up my feelings.
简洁地表达了我思想感情的形容词
A descriptive term;an epithet.
描述词一个描述性的词语；绰号
Put(or pin; press)a (political)label on; hurl an epithet at
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In `Alfred the Great', `the Great' is an epithet.
"阿尔弗雷德大帝"中的"大帝"是个称号。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ epi-在…下,thet-put放:把人放到下面的话→贬低的语言
※ e-前缀“出”,pi-拼音“屁”,the-神:用pi对着神是一种侮辱
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
epithet
n
adjective or descriptive phrase that refers to the character or most important quality of sb/sth eg Alfred the Great, Attila the Hun （表示某人[某事物]性格或最主要特性的）修饰词或描述性短语（如阿尔弗烈德大王, 匈奴王阿提拉）.
🔁 扩展释义
*['epiθet]n. 浑名, 绰号, 称号
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Are you ready to order now, sir?
先生，你准备点菜吗？
We really wish you'll have a pleasant stay here.
我们真诚地希望你们在这里过得愉快。
There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.
长期以来，海员中流传着一种迷信的说法，认为海豚会把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命；或在人们周围列队保护，使他们免遭鲨鱼伤害。