epithet

绰号, 称号中释n

1 transferred epithet,转移修饰语；转类形容词

1 But it is impossible to predict the reaction of a man accosted by another with the words "you rat" without referring to the meaning that the man spoken to attaches to the epithet..但是，当你不带意识地，说出别人的绰号“老鼠”的时候，你还是无法预测这个人会有怎样的反应。

2 My teen years were marked by the common epithet “Camel Jockey” and the hit AM radio song “Ahab the A-rab.”.“骆驼骑师” （Camel Jockey）和调幅电台的热门歌曲“Ahab the A-rab”是我青少年时代人们通用的绰号。

3 For her part, though, Ono found the epithet less than distressing..不过，对于她来说，小野发现这一绰号决不她痛心。