noun🔗Share称号，别称，绰号。 A term used to characterize a person or thing."The unkind student used the epithet "lazy" to describe his classmate. "那个不友善的学生用“懒鬼”这个绰号来形容他的同学。languageliteraturewritingwordcharacterstylepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share别称，绰号，雅号 A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person."The student, known for his late arrivals, jokingly accepted the epithet "Mr. Always Late." "这位学生因为经常迟到，所以开玩笑地接受了“迟到先生”这个绰号。literaturelanguagewritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share称号，别称，修饰语。 One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing."My little brother, known by the epithet "the troublemaker," was causing a lot of noise again. "我弟弟，外号是“捣蛋鬼”，又开始吵吵闹闹了。literaturelanguagewordstylephrasewritingmythologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share绰号, 诨名, 贬称。 An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase."The angry customer hurled the epithet "incompetent" at the cashier. "那个愤怒的顾客冲着收银员骂出了“废物”这个贬称。languagewordcommunicationcharacternegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share种加词，附加语。 A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name."In the scientific name Escherichia coli, "coli" is the species epithet. "在学名Escherichia coli（大肠杆菌）中，"coli" 是种加词。biologyscienceorganismwordlinguisticsplantanimalmicroorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share称呼， 命名 To term; to refer to as."He was epitheted "the king of fools"."人们称他为“傻瓜之王”。languagewordcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
