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
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- The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.
夏奈尔这个名字成了优雅的代名词。
- The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.
- 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.- ...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
成了暴力和堕落代名词的地区 - ...the Rolls-Royce brand name, a byword for quality.
劳斯莱斯品牌——品质的典范
- ...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
- N-COUNT 口头禅；俗语
Abywordis a word or phrase which people often use.- 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。
- Loyalty and support became the bywords of the day.
英英释义
noun
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
双语例句
- In the manner of something that has become a byword.
以某事务已经成为谚语或格言的方式。 - 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。 - His name became a byword for excellence in saskatchewar hunting circles.
他的名字在萨斯喀彻温河狩猎区成了优秀的别名。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。