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epithet

noun
🔊/ˈepɪθet/
🔊/ˈepɪθet/
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  1. 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”。🔊🔊
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  2. (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。🔊🔊
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    3. 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’.