ep·i·thet

noun

/ˈepɪθet/

an adjective or phrase that is used to describe somebody/something’s character or most important quality, especially in order to give praise or criticism（尤用于褒贬人或事物特征或性质的）表述形容词，修饰语
- 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”。
Topics Languagec2
(especially North American English) an offensive word or phrase that is used about a person or group of people别称；绰号；诨名
- Racial epithets were scrawled on the walls.墙上涂写着一些带有种族歧视的称谓。
Topics Languagec2

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French épithète, or via Latin from Greek epitheton, neuter of epithetos ‘attributed’, from epitithenai ‘add’, from epi ‘upon’ + tithenai ‘to place’.

单词	epithet
释义	ep·i·thet noun /ˈepɪθet/ /ˈepɪθet/ an adjective or phrase that is used to describe somebody/something’s character or most important quality, especially in order to give praise or criticism（尤用于褒贬人或事物特征或性质的）表述形容词，修饰语 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”。 Topics Languagec2 (especially North American English) an offensive word or phrase that is used about a person or group of people别称；绰号；诨名 Racial epithets were scrawled on the walls.墙上涂写着一些带有种族歧视的称谓。 Topics Languagec2 Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French épithète, or via Latin from Greek epitheton, neuter of epithetos ‘attributed’, from epitithenai ‘add’, from epi ‘upon’ + tithenai ‘to place’.
随便看	make a pile make a pitch for somebody \| make a pitch to somebody make a pitch for somebody/something \| make a pitch to somebody make a pitch for something \| make a pitch to somebody make a plan make a play for somebody make a play for somebody/something make a play for something make-a-point-of make a point of doing something make a point of doing sth make a quick buck make a rod for your own back make-a-show-of make-as-if make as if to do something make as if to do sth make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear make-a-spectacle-of-oneself make a spectacle of yourself make a splash make a thing about something make a thing of/about something make a thing of something make a virtue of