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

• 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。
• 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。
• Her name has become a byword for integrity.
  她的名字已成为正直的代号。
• Enron was turned into books, films, a play and a byword for fiduciary failings and fraud.
  安然事件被编成书，拍成电影，编成话剧并成为受托过失与欺诈的代名词。
• 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。
• Very early on, it became my style of living, my hometown, the byword for my base.
  它早就成了我生活的方式，成了我的故乡与基地的代名词。
• 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。
• His name became a byword for excellence in saskatchewar hunting circles.
  他的名字在萨斯喀彻温河狩猎区成了优秀的别名。
• 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。
• In the manner of something that has become a byword.
  以某事务已经成为谚语或格言的方式。