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
- 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。 - The city is a byword for intolerance.
这个城市成了不容异已的代名词。 - His name has becomea byword for cruelty.
他的名字成了残酷无情的别称。 - That company is a byword for inefficiency.
这个公司是效率低的代名词。 - The general's name had become a byword for cruelty in war.
那位将军的名字成为了战争中残酷行为的代号。 - Their shops are byword for good value.
他们的商店以商品质量好为特点。 - Youth is our byword.
青春是我们的代名词。 - 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。 - 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。