byword
/ˈbaɪ.wə(r)d//ˈbaɪ.wɚd/
- n.
- 谚语，俗话，笑柄
中文释义来自 ECDICT
构词拆解
词源链
- 英语
词源说明
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”).
释义
名词noun
- 1A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- 2A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- 3Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- 4An object