bread n. 1.面包。 2.食物,粮食;〔比喻〕生计,生活必需品。 3.【基督教】(圣餐式上的)一块[份]面包。 4.〔美俚〕钱。 a slice of bread 一块面包。 black [brown] bread黑面包。 the bread of life 活命粮。 one's daily bread 每天的食物。 beg one's bread 讨饭,行乞。 bread buttered on both sides 两面涂黄油的面包;极幸福的境遇,安乐的生活。 break bread with 1. 受…款待。 2. 与…共用圣餐。 cast [throw] one's bread upon the water(s) 甘尽义务,施舍,行善。 eat the bread of affliction [idleness] 受折磨,遭遇坎坷[坐食,游手好闲]。 in goog [bad] bread〔俚语〕生活安乐[困苦]。 know (on) which side one's bread is buttered 自知己利所在,善于为个人利益打算。 make [earn] one's bread 谋生。 out of bread 〔口语〕无职业,失业。 quarrel with one's bread and butter 自砸饭碗,与自己过不去。 ship's bread【航海】硬饼干。 take the bread out of sb.'s mouth 抢人饭碗。 adj. -less 无面包的,缺粮的;失去生计的。
Who just a year ago was standing in a bread line 在一年以前还在排队领救济
Who just a year ago was standing in a bread line 在一年以前还在排队领救济
You ' re attractive . the bread lines are full of eligible young men . now , if you ' ll excuse me 你很吸引人.等待救济的队伍里全是合格的年轻人.现在,请原谅
Inflation was the pensioner ' s worst enemy because they were on the bread line , and could not wait for a year to catch up with the price increase 通货膨胀是领取养老金者最大的敌人,因为他们挣扎在生活线上,他们不可能干等一年,以赶上物价的上涨。
英文解释
a queue of people waiting for free food 同义词:breadline,