byword
n. 谚语, 俗话, 笑柄
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释义与例句
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1.
A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
格言
民谚
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2.
A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
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3.
Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
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4.
An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
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5.
A nickname or epithet.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English byword, byworde (“proverb”), from Old English bīword, bīwyrd, bīwyrde (“proverb, household word", also "adverb”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīwurdī, equivalent to by- + word. Compare Latin proverbium, which byword may possibly be a translation of. Cognate with Old High German pīwurti (“proverb”). Compare also Old English bīspel (“proverb, example”), bīcwide (“byword, proverb, tale, fable”), Dutch bijwoord (“adverb”).
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