epithet

英 ['ep?θet] 美['?p?θ?t]

GRE暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?epithets;

epithet 別稱，綽號

epi-, 在上，其它。-thet, 放置，詞源同do, theme, thesis. 即附加的名字，別稱。

epithet: epithet: [16] Etymologically, an epithet is a word that is ‘put on’ to or ‘a(chǎn)dded’ to another. The term comes from Greek epítheton, which meant literally ‘a(chǎn)ddition’, but was used by Greek grammarians for ‘a(chǎn)djective’. It was a derivative of epitithénai ‘put on, add’, a compound verb formed from the prefix epí- ‘on’ and tithénai ‘place, put’ (a relative of English do and theme). By the time the word reached English (via French or Latin) it had moved over from the vocabulary of the grammarian to that of the layman, in the sense ‘descriptive appellation’.
=> do, theme
epithet (n.): "descriptive name for a person or thing," 1570s, from Middle French épithète or directly from Latin epitheton (source also of Spanish epíteto, Portuguese epitheto, Italian epiteto), from Greek epitheton "an epithet; something added," noun use of adjective (neuter of epithetos) "attributed, added, assumed," from epitithenai "to add on," from epi "in addition" (see epi-) + tithenai "to put" (see theme). Related: Epithetic; epithetical.

1. " I wonder what he'll find to match this epithet, commented another man.: “ 看他對上一句什么, ”又一個說.

2. In ` Alfred the Great', ` the Great'is an epithet.: "阿爾弗雷德大帝"中的"大帝 " 是個稱號.

3. The specific epithet variously did or did not repeat a key word from the phrase - name.: 種加詞不同程度地重復(fù)或不重復(fù)同片語名稱的某個關(guān)鍵詞.

5. Indeed, some observers fear that anti - science epithet is in danger of becoming meaningless.: 確實(shí), 一些觀察者擔(dān)心反科學(xué)這個詞正處于消失的邊際.