1. of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes;

   "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"
   

2. occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;

   "episodic in his affections"
   "occasional headaches"
   

3. limited in duration to a single episode;

   "an account concerned primarily with episodic events such as the succession of rulers"
   

1.不定期发生的;偶尔发生的
Something that isepisodic occurs at irregular and infrequent intervals.

e.g. ...episodic attacks of fever.
不定期的发烧

2.（写作或电影）有许多片段的，不连贯的
Anepisodic piece of writing or film consists of a series of events, which often seem not to be connected.

episodic

e.g. ...anepisodic narrative of unrelated characters connected only by time and place.
仅靠时间和地点把那些不相关的角色联系在一起的片段式叙述

1. 片段式：所发现的各类媒介框架,包括可信度、政治角力、表演性、性骚扰及公正性等,而这些框架在事件发展各时期的比重不尽相同. 后者如强调个别案例境况之片段式(episodic)框架与提供议题社会情境的主题式(thematic)框架(Iyengar, 1991).

2. 插话式的：drunken driving 酒后开车 |episodic 插话式的 | largamente adv.[音]宽大地,广阔地,宽广地

3. 幕的：episodic subsidence 阶段性沉降 |episodic 幕的 | epistilbite 柱沸石