byword
英 ['baɪwɜːd]
美
- n. 谚语，俗语；格言；笑柄
词态变化
复数: bywords;
英文词源
- byword (n.)
- also by-word, Old English biword "proverb," formed on the model of Latin proverbium or Greek parabole. Meaning "something that has become proverbial" is from 1530s.
双语例句
- 1. The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.
- 夏奈尔这个名字成了优雅的代名词。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. 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(猎犬)的别名.
来自辞典例句
- 3. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. His inexplicable debts were a byword in his circle.
- 他那些来历不明的借款成为那圈子里人议论的话题.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句