epithets

英 [ˈɛpɪθɛts]

美 [ˈɛpəˌθɛts]

n.  (尤用于褒贬人或事物特征或性质的)表述形容词，修饰语; 别称; 绰号; 诨名
epithet的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 表述形容词，修饰语（用以批评或称赞某人）
  Anepithetis 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

双语例句

• In a tone that made the word the foulest and most venomous of epithets.
  用的那声调更使这个字显得又脏又毒了。
• He insulted me, using rude epithets.
  他用粗话诅咒我。
• By using offensive epithets such as "poetess with cerebral palsy" or "countrywoman who composes poems", media outlets have succeeded in catching the eyes of readers and viewers.
  为了吸引观众、读者们的眼球，媒体不惜使用一些无礼的绰号，比如称她为脑瘫女诗人或是写诗的农村妇女。
• The most vulgar kind of racial epithets.
  最粗俗的种族描述词。
• They tagged to our name various abusive epithets.
  他们把各种辱骂性的称号[名称]加在我们名字上。
• Strong, vulgar language; obscene gestures. Use of epithets.
  蛮横、粗俗的语言；猥亵的手势。使用带侮辱性的称谓。
• In Hallidayan tradition, interpersonal function is mainly realized by mood system, modality system, attitudinal epithets, comment adjuncts, vocatives etc.
  他提出人际功能主要是由语气和情态系统实现的。
• Then President Dwight Eisenhower federalized the troops to protect the students, and they went to school through angry mobs shouting racist epithets.
  接着，德怀特。艾森豪威尔下令调动联邦军队来保护学生。学校被咒骂有色人种的人群围住，部队好不容易才穿过人群。
• The translation methods of transferred epithets range from literal translation, re-displacement to adverbialization and division.
  移就修辞格的翻译可采用直译法、位置还原法、状语化法和分译法等。
• Voices called "scab" now and then, as well as other epithets, but no crowd attacked the car.
  不时地有声音叫着“工贼”，还听到其它的辱骂声，但是没有人群袭击电车。