英:[ˈbaɪwɜːd]
美:[ˈbaɪwɜːrd]
英:[ˈbaɪwɜːd]
美:[ˈbaɪwɜːrd]
by·word
baI wuhrd
复数:bywords
noun
a proverbial saying : proverb
one that personifies a type
one that is noteworthy or notorious
epithet
a frequently used word or phrase
也称 by-word,晚期古英语 biword “谚语,习语或成语; ”参见 by 和 word(n.)。模仿拉丁语 proverbium 或希腊语 parabole 形成。指“成为谚语的事物”(通常带有讽刺或贬义)始于1530年代。
The first known use of byword was before the 12th century
cabbagenoun
a garden plant related to the turnips and mustards that has a round firm head of leaves used as a vegetable
cabbagenoun
a garden plant related to the turnips and mustards that has a round firm head of leaves used as a vegetable
cabaretnoun
nightclub
cabananoun
a shelter usually with an open side facing the sea or a swimming pool
cabananoun
a shelter usually with an open side facing the sea or a swimming pool
cabalnoun
a small group of persons working together secretly (as to take over a government)
cabnoun
a light closed carriage (as a hansom)
a carriage for hire
taxicab
the covered compartment for the engineer and the controls of a locomotive
a similar compartment on a truck, tractor, or crane
bywordnoun
proverb
1 ...the Rolls-Royce brand name, a byword for quality.
劳斯莱斯品牌——品质的典范
2 Photograph: Herbert Neubauer/EPA The Vienna Philharmonic has been a byword for conservatism with both a small and a big C for much of its 171-year history.
3 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。
4 “It’s very inspiring as a female artist to see how she has done things on her own terms and become a byword for musical activism.”
5 We live in anxious times, and that feeling was reflected at the French Riviera film festival that's a byword for frocks and froth, as well as for serious cinema.
6 His name has becomea byword for cruelty.
他的名字成了残酷无情的别称.
7 Maecenas assisted Virgil and reputedly gave Horace a farm; he went on to star in the latter's poetry and now his name lives on as a byword for patronage.
8 Her name is a byword for shocking, accurate portrayals of humankind’s ugliest elements – her awkward, surreal creations, often described as Pinteresque.
9 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.
10 But, as modern anthologies become more prevalent, so they become a byword for hokey lameness and a lack of quality control.
11 ...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
成了暴力和堕落代名词的地区
12 “Brooklyn” is now a byword for cool from Paris to Sweden to the Middle East.
13 As fans held their breath, the Arrested Development movie became a byword for delayed gratification.
14 Thinkers like Arendt and Sartre looked around the postwar landscape and concluded that freedom would be the era’s byword.
15 But there is also a feeling of the implicit current of menace, for which Pinter became a byword, assuming more literal forms.
16 The firm is a byword for excellence.
这家商号是优质的保证.
17 “When they didn’t, the city’s name became a byword for fanaticism, anti-Semitism and deadly nationalism.”
18 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.
19 Making his Broadway debut as a director, Mr. Fish has reconceived a work often seen as a byword for can-do optimism as a mirror for our age of doubt and anxiety.
20 But he has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
但神使我作了民中的笑谈,我也成了他们吐唾沫在脸上的人。
1 典范
ideal monument jewel masterpiece paragon quintessence exemplary ne plus ultra pattern soul triumph paradigm epitome gold standard acme Cadillac
4 绰号
tag nickname moniker sobriquet cognomen agnomen smear word name label surname epithet byname puke to-name
6 格言
saying motto maxim precept adage dictum aphorism watchword aphoristic gnomic apothegmatic saw gnome apothegm
7 俗谚
9 代名词
13 话柄