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
- 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。 - As for Western education, it is often contrasted with Chinese education as a byword for modernity and enlightenment.
至于西方的教育，大部分的人说它比中国现代化，比中国开明。 - Their shops are byword for good value.
他们的商店以商品质量好为特点。 - Chaos in world markets has clearly made Beijing feel vindicated in its belief that caution should be the byword of equity market regulators.
全球市场的混乱已经明显使北京对自己的信念有了底气，即谨慎应该成为股票市场监管者的座右铭。 - He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
神使我作了民中的笑谈。他们也吐唾沫在我脸上。 - 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。 - That company is a byword for inefficiency.
这个公司是效率低的代名词。 - It was a Halsey byword that he wouldn't trust a man who didn't drink or smoke.
海尔赛有句名言，他不信任不喝酒不抽烟的人。 - 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。 - 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。