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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

        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Her name has become a byword for integrity.
          她的名字已成为正直的代号。
        • Hydropower plants have long been a byword for clean energy.
          水力发电站长期以来被视为清洁能源。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Youth is our byword.
          青春是我们的代名词。
        • 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。
        • His name has becomea byword for cruelty.
          他的名字成了残酷无情的别称。