1. The general''s name had become a byword for cruelty in war.
    那位将军的名字成为了战争中残酷行为的代号。

1. byword的翻译

1. 格言：byway 小道 | byword 格言 | bywork 副业

2. 諺語,俗話：byte (二進)位組 | byword 諺語,俗話 | cacography 拼寫錯鋘;誤寫;寫別字;書法

3. 格言, 谚语, 笑柄：bywoner || 佃农 | byword || 格言, 谚语, 笑柄 | bywork || 副业, 业余活计

4. 格言,谚语,绰号：Biographer 传记作者 | Byword 格言,谚语,绰号 | Epic 史诗

1. （某一特征的）代名词，代表人物，典型事物
    Someone or something that is a byword for a particular quality is well known for having that quality.

    e.g. ...a region that had become a byword for violence and degeneracy.
           成了暴力和堕落代名词的地区
    e.g. ...the Rolls-Royce brand name, a byword for quality.
           劳斯莱斯品牌——品质的典范

2. 口头禅；俗语
    A byword is a word or phrase which people often use.

    e.g. Loyalty and support became the bywords of the day.
           忠诚和支持成了那个时代人们时常挂在嘴边的词儿。

1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

    Synonym: proverbadagesaw