daily bread

名词 n.
/ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/    /ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life. uncountable
    — to earn one's daily bread
    New Testament of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Syriac, Hebrew, Greek, Latin, German, Czech, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Danish, Polish
  2. All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life. broadly,uncountable
    — I thynke it mete / that euery Chriſten man not only knowe it [the Epistle to the Romans] by rote and with oute the boke / but alſo exerciſe him ſelfe therin euermore continually / as with the dayly brede of the ſoule.

词源

Possibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King James Version: “Give us this day our daily bread” (see Matthew 6:11, and compare Luke 11:3).
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