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byword

C2 noun
us /ˈbaɪ.wɚd/

byword /ˈbaɪ.wə(ɹ)d/ nghĩa là tục ngữ, câu nói thường dùng

Các nghĩa

  1. tục ngữ, câu nói thường dùng

    A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.

    Timbuktu's name has become a byword of remoteness.

    The name Cleopatra has become a byword for a beautiful woman.

  2. từ ngữ đặc trưng, khẩu hiệu

    A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.

  3. điển hình, hình mẫu

    Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.

  4. trò cười, đối tượng khinh bỉ

    An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.

    He hath made me also a byword of the people […]

    "I know you and Harry are inseparable. Surely for that reason, if for none other, you should not have made his sister's name a by-word."

  5. biệt danh, danh xưng

    A nickname or epithet.

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