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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His name has becomea byword for cruelty.
  他的名字成了残酷无情的别称。
• 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。
• 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。