英 [ˈepɪθet] 美 [ˈepɪθet]
n. 绰号；浑名
复数epithets
epithet /ˈɛpɪˌθɛt/
可数名词 An epithet is an adjective or short phrase that is used as a way of criticizing or praising someone. 修饰词; 专指用以批评或表扬某人的形容词或短语
...the religious issue which led to the epithet "bible-basher."
...衍生“《圣经》的狂热宣讲者”这一词语的宗教问题。
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
同义词： name
descriptive word or phrase
(动植物学名中的)种名(或变种名等)部分
... depletionn.损耗 epithetn.绰号,称号 lumpn.块（尤指小块）,肿块,笨人vt.使成块状,混在一起,忍耐,笨重地移动vi.结块 ...
... invocation 祈祷 epithet 尊号 rGyal-bai-yum 诸佛之母 ...
绰号；浑名
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”。
They get caught in trees (hence the epithet "Witches' Knickers"), take hundreds of years to decompose and push up demand for oil, used to make plastics.
它们挂在枝头（由此而得“巫婆的灯笼裤”之名），需要数百年才能分解，它们助长石油需求，正是石油用于制造塑料。
The epithet Gingrich hurled at us was correct in some respects.
金里奇咒骂我们的称呼，在某些方面来说，是正确的。
The epithet is potent because many current French phobias capitalism, globalisation, liberalism are associated with America.
In 2001, he was forced by Speaker Michael Martin to withdraw the "unparliamentary" epithet "con man!"
But his story makes one wonder if honest enterprise really needs a new epithet to ennoble it.