英汉词典

byword 基本解释

• n. 谚语，俗语；格言；笑柄

byword 词态变化

byword 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.

byword 英文释义

1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

byword 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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byword 实用场景例句

The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.

夏奈尔这个名字成了优雅的代名词。

牛津词典

...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.

成了暴力和堕落代名词的地区

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the Rolls-Royce brand name, a byword for quality.

劳斯莱斯品牌——品质的典范

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Tania : That staleness be a byword from the Urals, it makes no significance to me.

塔妮娅: 那一定是起源于乌拉尔地区的谚语, 对我来说毫无疑义.

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The firm is a byword for excellence.

这家商号是优质的保证.

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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.

辞典例句

And now am I their song, yea , I am their byword.

9现在这些人以我为歌曲, 以我为笑谈.

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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.

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She became the byword of the village.

他成了村中的话柄.

辞典例句

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

诗69:11我拿麻布当衣裳 、 就成了他们的笑谈.

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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.

辞典例句

The word itself used to be a byword for tarmac tedium.

其品牌名称在过去是一句有关tarmactedium的谚语.

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Her name has become a byword for integrity.

她的名字已成为正直的代号.

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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.

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It has become a byword for spiralling costs and delays.

它已因成本不断攀升、频频延迟而沦为笑柄.

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And now I have become their taunt , I have even become a byword to them.

伯30:9现在这些人以我为歌曲 、 我为笑谈.

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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.

辞典例句

KJV And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

[新译]现在他们以我为歌曲, 我竟成了他们的笑柄.

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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.

辞典例句

You make us a byword among the nations , A laughingstock among the peoples.

诗44:14你使我们在列邦中作了笑谈 、 众民向我们摇头.

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His name has becomea byword for cruelty.

他的名字成了残酷无情的别称.

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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen , a shaking of the head among the people.

14你使我们在列邦中作了笑谈, 使众民向我们摇头.

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In its latter days it was a byword for authoritarianism , incompetence, and corruption.

在后期,它是独裁 、 无能和腐化的代号.

辞典例句

The soldier's name was a byword for bravery.

那个战士的名字原是勇敢的代名词.

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But with the passing of the cold war, no new byword has come along.

可是冷战过去以后, 还没有新的口号出现.

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The name Chanel became a byword for elegance.

夏奈尔这个名字成了优雅的代名词。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》