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byway /'baiwei/ noun 1 [C] a small road that is not used very much 偏僻小路 2 byways [pi.] the less important areas of a subject (学科的）次要細域，冷僻部分

by-word /'baiW3：d; NAmE -W3：rd/ noun [usually sing.]

1 a ~ for sth a person or thing that is a well-known or typical example of a particular quality (某种品_质或特 症的）代表人，代表事物，典范：The name C/umeZ became a byword/or degance•夏'奈尔这个名字成 了优?| 的代名词。2 (已peo_o//y AMmf) a word or phrase that is well known, or oiten used 谤语；俗语

By-zan-tine /bai'zaentain; bi-; -ti:n; NAmE 'bizantiin/ adj. [usually before noun] 1 connected with Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire拜占庭帝国的；东罗马帝国的

2 used to describe architecture of the 5th to the

15th centuries in the Byzantine Empire, especially churches, with high central domes and mosaics 拜占威 建筑风格的（尤指有高穹顶和马赛克装饰的教堂）3 (also byzantine) (of an idea, a system, etc.思想、制

度等）complicated, secret and difficult to change 复杂却 秘而死板的：an organization 〇/ byzanrine complexity 拜占庭式复杂诡秘死板的机构