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bread/bred/ n. & v.●n. 1 baked dough made from flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple food (通常发面)面包 2a necessary food 必需的食物 b (also 亦作 daily bread) one's livelihood 生计，谋生之道 3 slang money [俚语]钱 ●v. tr. coat with breadcrumbs for cooking 在…上涂抹面包屑 □ bread and circuses the public provision of subsistence and entertainment 面包与马戏观赏，食物和娱乐 □ bread and wine the Eucharist 圣餐 □ cast one's bread upon the waters do good without expecting gratitude or reward 真心行善不图回报 □ know which side one's bread is buttered (or US [美] buttered on) know where one's advantage lies 知道自己的利益所在，善为个人利益谋算 □ take the bread out of a person's mouth take away a person's living, esp. by competition etc. (尤指通过竞争等手段)抢某人的饭碗，夺某人的生计 [Old English brēad, from Germanic] |