epithet

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ep·i·thet /ˈepəθet/ noun [countable]  DESCRIBEa word or short phrase used to describe someone, especially when praising them or saying something unpleasant about them 〔尤用于褒贬某人的〕表述词语 He hardly deserves the epithet ‘fascist’. 用“法西斯分子”这个词来形容他并不恰当。

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epithet• She jumped out of the car and hurried along the road, ignoring the colourful epithet that followed her.• The former epithet is apt, the latter less so.• According to one report: Racial epithets were shouted at the black students as the two sides rumbled on the gray linoleum.• Unessential is actually an unfair epithet when applied to sticky buns.• Bias in nouns does not stop with epithets.Origin epithet (1500-1600) Latin epitheton, from Greek, from epitithenai “to put on, add”

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epithet
ep‧i‧thet /ˈepəθet, ˈepɪθet/ noun [countable]a word or short phrase used to describe someone, especially when praising them or saying something unpleasant about them:
    He hardly deserves the epithet ‘fascist’.

epi·thetBrE /ˈepɪθet/ 🔊NAmE /ˈepɪθet/ 🔊 nounan adjective or phrase that is used to describe sb/sth'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”。🔊🔊(especially NAmE) 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。🔊🔊