| 释义 |
epithetep‧i‧thet /ˈepəθet/ noun [countable]   epithetOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin epitheton, from Greek, from epitithenai ‘to put on, add’ - According to one report: Racial epithets were shouted at the black students as the two sides rumbled on the gray linoleum.
- Bias in nouns does not stop with epithets.
- 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.
- Unessential is actually an unfair epithet when applied to sticky buns.
ADJECTIVE► racial· After last season's playoff loss to the Pacers, vandals spray-painted racial epithets in Iverson's backyard.· According to one report: Racial epithets were shouted at the black students as the two sides rumbled on the gray linoleum.· The two men, once so close, fight violently, Doug hurling racial epithets at Paul.· They invented racial epithets that showed the same imagination which put humankind upon the moon.· There were additional complaints about McCree, who is black, claiming discrimination and using racial epithets against his white co-workers. 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’. |