中文翻译与英英解释

1.俗话，谚语。
2.笑柄。
3.〔罕用语〕浑名，绰号；口头禅(the old byword of lookers-on seeing most of the game 旁观者清的老话)。

a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
同义词：proverb, adage, saw,

例句与用法

She became the byword of the village .
他成了村中的话柄。

There is sooth in bywords .
常言里面包含有真理。

His cowardice made him a byword to all who knew him .
由于他的懦弱，他在认识他的人中已被当作笑料。

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。

For all who knew him, "ask herman" became a byword .
凡是认识他的人都把“问赫尔曼”当作一句口头禅。

Twenty months later it had became a byword for weakness of will .
二十个月之后，它却成了意志软弱的绰号。

It was a halsey byword that he wouldn't trust a man who didn't drink or smoke .
海尔赛有句名言，他不信任不喝酒不抽烟的人。

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。

His name became a byword for excellence in saskatchewar hunting circles .
他的名字在萨斯喀彻温河狩猎区成了优秀（猎犬）的别名。

This anomalous nazi-sponsored haven for jews, also called theresienbad, is almost a byword in europe .
这个由纳粹创办的，非同寻常的犹太人避难所，又叫作特莱西恩巴德，在欧洲颇有名气。