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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

        • 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。
        • 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。
        • That company is a byword for inefficiency.
          这个公司是效率低的代名词。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • Chaos in world markets has clearly made Beijing feel vindicated in its belief that caution should be the byword of equity market regulators.
          全球市场的混乱已经明显使北京对自己的信念有了底气,即谨慎应该成为股票市场监管者的座右铭。
        • 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。
        • 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。