epithet
/ˈepɪθet/📚 15279GREAn 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
noun [专属名词]绰号；浑名
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。
- epithet 出现在下面的课文中（提供视频、音频及笔记等可系统性学习）
- Lesson 41 Training elephants epithet 形容词: 称呼
epi(在…下) + thet(=put放) → (人)放到下面的话 → (贬低人的)短语或形容词
单词造句:
- 网友用“Epithet”造句精选
- ...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。
- 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。
epithet的重要知识点
epithet n. a word or short phrase used to describe sb., esp. when praising them or saying sth. unpleasant about them 称呼，称号，绰号
- In ‘Alfred the Great’, ‘the Great’ is an epithet.
- The film is long and dramatic but does not quite earn the epithet ‘epic’.
“epi”= upon / to / besides / among
- epithet “epi”= upon “thet” = put n. 称呼，称号，绰号
- epitaph “epi”= upon “taph” = tomb n.祭文，悼词，墓志铭
- epigraph “epi”= upon “graph” = write n. 碑文
- epitome “epi”= to “tome” = cut n. 梗概，缩影；典型，典范
- epilogue “epi” = besides “logue” = speech n. 后记，跋；收场白
- episode “epi” = besides “sode” = coming in n. 插曲，轶事；（电视或广播节目的）一集
- epidemic “epi” = among “dem” = people n. 传染病的流行