epithet meaning in Chinese
n.
1.表示性质[属性]的修饰语。
2.称号，绰号。
3.【动、植】(一属中的)亚类名词。
adj.
-ic
用性质形容词的。
Examples
- Be sparing of your epithets .
不要乱用形容词。 - Be sparing of your epithets .
不要随便议论人。 - The specific epithet variously did or did not repeat a key word from the phrase-name .
种加词不同程度地重复或不重复同片语名称的某个关键词。 - The inference behind the epithet was not lost on paddy; he went as white as his son .
在形容词后面的推论刺痛了帕迪，他的脸色马上变得象他儿子一样白。 - In the climax of his exasperation he hurled an oath at the dog and a coarse epithet at his mistress .
在气头上，对着那只狗吐出一声咒骂，还对它的女主人吐出一句粗鄙的恶言。