| 词汇 | byword |
| 释义 | byword noun[ C ] uk /ˈbaɪ.wɜːd/ us /ˈbaɪ.wɝːd/ a person or thing that is very closely connected with a particular quality: （具某种特点的）代表人，代表事物;代名词 Their products are a byword for good value.他们的产品是物美价廉的代名词。 Linguistics: terminology & vocabulary abbreviated form accommodation alphabetic Anglicism antonym antonymous buzzword cognate coinage homography homonymic homonymy homophonic homophony productive productively receptive receptively referent vocab byword | American Dictionarybyword noun[ C ] us/ˈbɑɪˌwɜrd/ a name of a person or thing that is closely connected with a particular quality: In Hollywood’s golden era, "Betty" was a byword for glamour. Examples of bywordbyword I had made it a low byword among low people. Another byword here is "irreversibility" because lurking somewhere behind convergent outcomes are footprints leading back along different paths to different origins. Unfortunately, maintenance can be a byword for neglect. To that end, these societies and their members adopted "controversy" as their byword. Those boroughs are a byword for hopeless housing administration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They represent areas with outstanding examples of adult education centres — indeed those places are a byword for that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, flexibility should not be a byword for a diminution of standards or of the protection of workers' rights. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Our byword must 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 the Open 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 a byword. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I pointed out that for a century the name of the firm had been a byword for excellence in steelmaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not mean that we should allow timidity to become the byword. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The private enterprise supervision of that organisation has not exactly become a byword for safety standards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You are a byword, but there is no reason why you should be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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