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
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- The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.
夏奈尔这个名字成了优雅的代名词。
- The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.
- 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.- ...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
成了暴力和堕落代名词的地区 - ...the Rolls-Royce brand name, a byword for quality.
劳斯莱斯品牌——品质的典范
- ...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
- N-COUNT 口头禅；俗语
Abywordis a word or phrase which people often use.- 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。
- Loyalty and support became the bywords of the day.
英英释义
noun
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
双语例句
- Youth is our byword.
青春是我们的代名词。 - The city is a byword for intolerance.
这个城市成了不容异已的代名词。 - Her name has become a byword for integrity.
她的名字已成为正直的代号。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Another blast from the past is Blue Nun, formerly a byword for bad taste in wine but now revamped, improved and flying off the shelves.
另一个来自过去的冲击波是德国葡萄酒品牌BlueNun，它曾因口味糟糕而沦为笑柄，现在却改头换面，大有改进且极为畅销。 - And yet, they became so notorious for their moral rectitude that the word puritan has become a byword.
然而，他们却以他们在道德上的正直而恶名昭彰，以至于“清教徒”在当时是个有贬义的绰号。 - 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。 - He has presided over an economic renaissance in Israel, during which the country has become a byword for high-tech flair.
他带领以色列实现了经济复兴，在此期间该国成为高科技的代名词。