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单词 byword
释义
bywordby‧word /ˈbaɪwɜːd $ -wɜːrd/ noun Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A different man for every child; a byword for disgrace.
  • Britain was a byword for strikes.
  • His name became a byword for extreme luxury.
  • His reputedly Herculean virility long remained a byword throughout the district over which he held sway.
  • Our Representatives Care and service are the bywords of an Enterprise representative.
  • Reality was his byword and Drew's rugged features and dexterity with horses made him a natural choice.
  • Sulla's successor in the eastern command, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, became a byword for luxury and personal indulgence.
  • Until late antiquity Vulso's triumph remained a byword for luxury.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· His name became a byword for extreme luxury.· Sulla's successor in the eastern command, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, became a byword for luxury and personal indulgence.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • For Americans, Benedict Arnold is a byword for treason.
  • Britain was a byword for strikes.
1be a byword for something to be so well known for a particular quality that your name is used to represent that quality:  His name has become a byword for honesty in the community.2[singular] a word, phrase, or saying that is very well known:  Caution should be a byword for investors.
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