| 单词 | byword |
| 释义 | byword noun[C] uk/ˈbaɪ.wɜːd/us/ˈbaɪ.wɝːd/apersonor thing that is verycloselyconnectedwith aparticularquality: （具某种特点的）代表人，代表事物；代名词Theirproductsare a bywordforgoodvalue.他们的产品是物美价廉的代名词。 Linguistics: terminology & vocabulary
byword| American Dictionarybyword noun[C] us/ˈbɑɪˌwɜrd/anameof apersonor thing that iscloselyconnectedwith aparticularquality: In Hollywood’sgoldenera, "Betty" was a byword forglamour. Examplesofbywordbyword I had made it a lowbywordamong low people. From theCambridge English Corpus Anotherbywordhere is "irreversibility" because lurking somewhere behind convergent outcomes are footprints leading back along different paths to different origins. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, maintenance can be abywordfor neglect. From theCambridge English Corpus To that end, these societies and their members adopted "controversy" as theirbyword. From theCambridge English Corpus Its current aim is to develop 'parallel' or 'analogous' architectures which (like some paintings, say, or films) illuminate and explore conceptual domains not satisfactorily to be mapped bywords. From theCambridge English Corpus Those boroughs are abywordfor hopeless housing administration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They represent areas with outstanding examples of adult education centres — indeed those places are abywordfor that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, flexibility should not be abywordfor a diminution of standards or of the protection of workers' rights. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Ourbywordmust be to improve consistently on it, not simply to run it down. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have paid sick and accident benefit, and medical men know that their contributions to hospitals are so generous that they have become abyword. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I pointed out that for a century the name of the firm had been abywordfor excellence in steelmaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Consultation and partnership must be the bywords for a successful quality partnership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not mean that we should allow timidity to become thebyword. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The private enterprise supervision of that organisation has not exactly become abywordfor safety standards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He mentioned villages and towns whose names are bywords to those who enjoy their holidays in that delightful part of the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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