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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Caution is likely to remain the byword for some time to come.
  未来一段时期，谨慎可能仍将是市场中的座右铭。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her name has become a byword for integrity.
  她的名字已成为正直的代号。
• 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。
• The authorities have tackled some of the more glaring problems that have long made Chinese banks a byword for profligacy.
  一些比较突出的问题曾使中国银行业长期成为“浪费”的代名词。
• 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。