byword
n. 格言; 諺語; 笑柄; 代名詞
Someone or something that is a byword for a particular quality is well known for having that quality.
...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
成了暴力和墮落代名詞的地區
...the Rolls-Royce brand name, a byword for quality.
勞斯萊斯品牌——品質的典範
A byword is a word or phrase which people often use.
Loyalty and support became the bywords of the day.
忠誠和支援成了那個時代人們時常掛在嘴邊的詞兒。
1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Tania : That staleness be a byword from the Urals, it makes no significance to me.
塔妮婭: 那一定是起源於烏拉爾地區的諺語, 對我來說毫無疑義.
The firm is a byword for excellence.
這家商號是優質的保證.
His name became a byword for excellence in Saskatchewar hunting circles.
他的名字在薩斯喀徹溫河狩獵區成了優秀(獵犬)的別名.
And now am I their song, yea , I am their byword.
9現在這些人以我為歌曲, 以我為笑談.
The general's name had become a byword for cruelty in war.
那位將軍的名字成為了戰爭中殘酷行為的代號.