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byword

音標['baiw?:d] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 諺語, 俗話, 笑柄

英文解釋:

名詞 byword:

  1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
    同義詞:proverb, adage, saw

例句:

  1. The soldier's name was a byword for bravery.
    那個戰士的名字原是勇敢代名詞
  2. His name has becomea byword for cruelty.
    他的名字成了殘酷無情的別稱。
  3. The firm is a byword for excellence.
    這家商號是優質的保證。

詳細解釋:


byword 也作 by-word

n.(名詞)

A proverbial expression; a proverb.
俗諺:類似於諺語的表達方式;諺語
An often-used word or phrase.
俗語:常用的單詞或短語
One that represents a type, class, or quality:
有代表性的人:代表了一種類型、一類或一種品質的人:
例句:
.Polyester got its déclassé reputation in the 970s after cheap, poorly made double-knit leisure suits became a byword for bad taste.(Fortune)
.20世紀70年代,在經過粗製濫造的雙面針織休閒服後,滌綸地位下降,變成低品味的代名詞.(財富)

An object of notoriety or interest:
名聲不好者:臭名昭著的事物:
例句:
The eccentric poet was a byword in literary circles.
這個古怪的詩人在文學圈內臭名昭著

An epithet.
外號,綽號

來源:
Middle English byworde
中古英文 byworde
from Old English boword
源自 古英文 boword
translation of Latin prôverbium
拉丁語 prôverbium的翻譯

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