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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That company is a byword for inefficiency.
  这个公司是效率低的代名词。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The soldier's name was a byword for bravery.
  那个战士的名字原是勇敢的代名词。