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
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

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。

noun

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Synonym:proverbadagesaw

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。