单词 | bread |
释义 | bread /bred; bred/ n [U] food made by mixing flour with water and yeast, kneading, and baking in an oven: 面包: a loaf/slice/piete of ~; 一条 (片,块) 面包; (sl) money: (俚) 钱: I'm only doing it for the ~. 我纯粹是为了钱才做那件事的。 ~ and butter /.bred n 'bAta (r); 'bredn'bAt/ a slice(s) of ~ spread with butter. 涂有牛油的面色昏。~ - and-butter letter, one of thanks for hospitality. 多谢款待的谢函。 b (colloq) means of living: (俗) 生计: earn one's ~ and butter by writing. 靠写作谋生。 one's daily ~, one's means of living. 谋星乏道; 每日的生计; 每日的食粮。 earn ofte's ~, make enough money to live on. 糊口; 谋生。 know which side one's ~ is buttered, know where one may have advantages, where one's interest lies. 知道自己的利益所在; 知道如何于己有利。 take the '~ out of sb's mouth, take away his means of living, eg by business competition. 夺人之生计 (如借商业竞争); 抢人家的饭碗。 ~ crumb n [C] tiny bit of the inner part of a loaf, esp crumbled for use in cooking. 面包屑; 碎面包 (尤指弄碎而用于烹饪者) 。 '~fruit n tree with starchy fruit, grown in the South Sea Islands and W Africa. 面包树 (果实含淀粉,产于南太平洋诸岛及西非) 。 ' ~- line n line of people waiting for food given as charity or relief: 领面包队伍; 领赈济食粮或救济品的队伍: (fig) (喻) on the ~ line, very poor. 极贫穷的; 赤贫的。 ,■~stuffs n pl grain, flour. 制面包的原料 (麦、标粉) 。 winner n person who works to support a family. 负担家庭生计者。 |
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