byword

英['baiwə:d]美['baiwə:d]

n. 谚语,格言,笑柄

同：	[n.] adage, proverb, saw

His inexplicable debts were a byword in his circle
他那些来历不明的借款成为那圈子里人议论的话题。收藏
George Rood, conscious that he need not exhibit a brilliancy which was almost a byword, opened his mouth only to put food into it
乔治?娄德知道他的妙语惊人已经尽人皆知，用不着再施展才华，因此每次张口只不过是往嘴里添送菜肴。收藏
She became the byword of the village
他成了村中的话柄。收藏
The name of Figs, which had been a byword of reproach, became as respectable and popular a nickname as any other in use in the school
无花果儿这名字本来含有侮辱的意思，后来却成了学校里最受欢迎和最体面的浑名儿之一。收藏
In its latter days it was a byword for authoritarianism, incompetence, and corruption
在后期，它是独裁、无能和腐化的代号。收藏

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a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[同] adage, byword, proverb, saw

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