bread-and-butter

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of bread and butter. alt-of,alternative,plural,singular
    — "Nora!" exclaimed Miss Tilehurst almost severely—the family woman's inherent reverence for the source of bread-and-butter—"the office is his business. My nephew, Mr. Carrados," she explained, "is connected with the paper mills here […]"
形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living.
    — These road warrior plays were fronted by former semistars like Forrest Tucker or Hugh O'Brian, who had had their bread-and-butter TV shows cancelled. The job could pay $3,000 to $5,000 a week […]
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread, and, butter.
    — bread-and-butter pudding
感叹词 intj.
  1. A general saying used to ward off bad luck archaic
  2. A saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a tree archaic

词形变化

more bread-and-butter comparative most bread-and-butter superlative

词汇关系

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词源

词源 1
Reflecting that bread and butter are archetypally basic foodstuffs (daily necessities) in the places where the English language developed; compare daily bread, put bread on the table, earn one's bread, bread and water (as prisoners' diet or poverty diet), and know which side one's bread is buttered on.
词源 2
Reflecting that bread and butter are archetypally basic foodstuffs (daily necessities) in the places where the English language developed; compare daily bread, put bread on the table, earn one's bread, bread and water (as prisoners' diet or poverty diet), and know which side one's bread is buttered on.
词源 3
Reflecting that bread and butter are archetypally basic foodstuffs (daily necessities) in the places where the English language developed; compare daily bread, put bread on the table, earn one's bread, bread and water (as prisoners' diet or poverty diet), and know which side one's bread is buttered on.
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