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byword

英 [ˈbaɪwɜːd]

美 [ˈbaɪwɜːrd]

n.  (某种品质或特征的)代表人,代表事物,典范; 谚语; 俗语

复数:bywords 

TOEFL

BNC.32711 / COCA.33651

牛津词典

    noun

    • (某种品质或特征的)代表人,代表事物,典范
      a person or thing that is a well-known or typical example of a particular quality
      1. The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.
        夏奈尔这个名字成了优雅的代名词。
    • 谚语;俗语
      a word or phrase that is well known or often used

      柯林斯词典

      • N-COUNT (某一特征的)代名词,代表人物,典型事物
        Someone or something that is abyword fora particular quality is well known for having that quality.
        1. ...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
          成了暴力和堕落代名词的地区
        2. ...the Rolls-Royce brand name, a byword for quality.
          劳斯莱斯品牌——品质的典范
      • N-COUNT 口头禅;俗语
        Abywordis a word or phrase which people often use.
        1. Loyalty and support became the bywords of the day.
          忠诚和支持成了那个时代人们时常挂在嘴边的词儿。

      英英释义

      noun

      • a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
          Synonym:proverbadagesaw

        双语例句

        • This anomalous Nazi-Sponsored haven for Jews, also called Theresienbad, is almost a byword in Europe.
          这个由纳粹创办的,非同寻常的犹太人避难所,又叫作特莱西恩巴德,在欧洲颇有名气。
        • For all who knew him," ask herman "became a byword.
          凡是认识他的人都把“问赫尔曼”当作一句口头禅。
        • Twenty months later it had became a byword for weakness of will.
          二十个月之后,它却成了意志软弱的绰号。
        • The city is a byword for intolerance.
          这个城市成了不容异已的代名词。
        • And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
          现在这些人以我为歌曲,以我为笑谈。
        • Loyalty and support became the bywords of the day.
          忠诚和支持成了那个时代人们时常挂在嘴边的词儿。
        • But Ontario has become a byword for decentralised, popular reform.
          但不论如何,安大略已经成为分权这个流行的改革方式的有力证明。
        • That company is a byword for inefficiency.
          这个公司是效率低的代名词。
        • Historical development in review, we can then finder then the meaning of the byword got well affirmative.
          回顾历史的发展,我们可以发现者则谚语的意义得到了充分的肯定。
        • His cowardice made him a byword to all who knew him.
          由于他的懦弱,他在认识他的人中已被当作笑料。