单词：byword
音标：['baiwә:d] ；
n. 谚语, 俗话, 笑柄
n a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
词型变化：名词复数形式 : bywords
考试类型：[托福]
考试类型：[托福]
词性分布：
byword的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The soldier's name was a byword for bravery.那个战士的名字是勇敢的代名词。
- She became the byword of the village.她成了村中的笑柄。
- Caution becomes a byword for investors.小心谨慎成为了投资者的谚语。
经典引文
The Church courts were a byword for iniquity.
出自：J. A. FroudeBlessing's efficiency was a byword.
出自：L. DeightonI would rather be a byword of infamy..than an object of gross ridicule.
出自：P. Ackroyd
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