bread

CET4TEM4考研CET6中频词基本词汇

英 [bred] 美[brɛd]

释义

n. 面包；生计

vt. 在…上洒面包屑

中文词源

bread 面包

词源不确定。可能来自burn, 烧，烤。特指烤面包。

英文词源

bread: bread: [OE] The general Germanic word for ‘bread’ in prehistoric times was what we now know as loaf; bread probably originally meant simply ‘(piece of) food’, but as bread was among the commonest foods, the word bread gradually became more specialized, passing via ‘piece of bread’, ‘broken bread’, to simply ‘bread’. Old English brēad and related Germanic forms such as German brot and Swedish bröd point to a hypothetical Germanic precursor *brautham, but the word’s ultimate origins are unknown. Some etymologists have derived it from Indo- European *bhreu-, source of English brew.
bread (n.): Old English bread "bit, crumb, morsel; bread," cognate with Old Norse brauð, Danish brød, Old Frisian brad, Middle Dutch brot, Dutch brood, German Brot. According to one theory [Watkins, etc.] from Proto-Germanic *brautham, which would be from the root of brew (v.) and refer to the leavening.

But OED argues at some length for the basic sense being not "cooked food" but "piece of food," and the Old English word deriving from a Proto-Germanic *braudsmon- "fragments, bits" (cognate with Old High German brosma "crumb," Old English breotan "to break in pieces") and being related to the root of break (v.). It cites Slovenian kruh "bread," literally "a piece."

Either way, by c. 1200 it had replaced the usual Old English word for "bread," which was hlaf (see loaf (n.)). Slang meaning "money" dates from 1940s, but compare breadwinner. Bread-and-butter in the figurative sense of "basic needs" is from 1732. Bread and circuses (1914) is from Latin, in reference to food and entertainment provided by governments to keep the populace happy. "Duas tantum res anxius optat, Panem et circenses" [Juvenal, Sat. x.80].
bread (v.): "to dress with bread crumbs," 1727, from bread (n.). Related: Breaded; breading.

双语例句

1. For her, books were as necessary to life as bread.: 对她来说，书就像面包一样，是生活必需品。

2. Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.: 每天尽量至少吃4片面包。

3. The government increased prices on several basic commodities like bread and meat.: 政府提高了面包、肉类等几种基本商品的价格。

4. The crew of the ship gave them nothing but bread to eat.: 船上的工作人员除了面包什么也不给他们吃。

5. There is more fibre in wholemeal bread than in white bread.: 全麦面包纤维含量比白面包高。

英英释意

1. food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

2. informal terms for money

实用场景例句

a loaf/slice/piece of bread: 一条 / 一片 / 一块面包

white/brown/wholemeal bread: 白 / 黑 / 全麦面包

...a loaf of bread...: 一条面包

...bread and butter...: 抹黄油的面包

There's not a living soul in Colorado who doesn't depend for his bread on silver.: 科罗拉多的每一个人都是靠着开采银矿养家糊口。

It is important that food be breaded just minutes before frying.: 把食物抹上面包屑后过几分钟就炸，这一点很重要。

The priest blessed the bread and wine.: 牧师把饼和酒圣洁化.

He earns his bread by writing.: 他以写作为生.

You've got to push the choke in now as far as it'll go.: 你必须现在把这个阻气阀推进去,能推进去多少推多少.

Bread is made from flour.: 面包是由面粉加工而成的.

To make a ham sandwich you put a slice of ham between two slices of bread.: 把一片火腿夹在两片面包之间就做成了火腿三明治.

He crumbled the bread in his fingers.: 他用手指把面包捻碎.

Painting is his bread and butter.: 他靠绘画谋生.

She tore off a large hunk of bread.: 她撕下了一大块面包.

A delicious smell of freshly baked bread wafted across the garden.: 花园中飘过一股刚出炉面包的香味.

She toasted slices of bread for refreshments.: 她烤了几片面包当茶点.

The bread toasts well.: 这面包烤得很好.

The child sat trifling with the burnt bread upon his plate.: 孩子坐着翻弄盘中烤焦的面包.

He spread some butter on his bread.: 他在面包上涂了些黄油.

We baked him some bread.: 我们为他烤了一些面包.

The bread mixture was set beside the fire to rise.: 和好的面包面团靠火放着,好让它发酵.

We baked bread and cake in an oven.: 我们在炉子里烤面包和蛋糕.

These are ６ whole rounds of bread.: 这些是六整份的面包.

Ade cut a slice of bread for me.: 艾德给我切了块面包.

I'll allow the children to dip their bread into the soup.: 我让孩子们把面包浸在汤里吃.

a piece of bread and butter: 一块黄油面包

考试真题

Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads.

five minutes after that, we placed either bacon or bread on the surface for 5, 30 or 60 seconds,and then measured the number of bacteria transferred to the food.

For example, she would say, you'll get a spot on your tongue if you tell a lie; if you eat stale bread, your hair will curl.

PepsiCo claims a packet of its chips now contains less salt than a slice of white bread.

The maker of Mountain Dew and Gatorade has been one of the earlier movers in the industry to offer products with reduced levels of unhealthy ingredients—PepsiCo claims a packet of its chips now contains less salt than a slice of white bread.

The low-carbohydrate food movement gave birth to such diets as the Atkins, Paleo and Keto, which advised swapping foods like bread, pasta and potatoes for vegetables, fish and meat.

wine, bread, olive oil, and nuts are other staples of the region, and the Mediterranean Sea has historically yielded abundant quantities of fish.

According to the passage, sharing bread can help to develop unity.

Byrnes tossed all the dishes into a big bread pan, covered them with a cloth and stuck them in the oven.

Early forms of cake were simply a kind of bread, so this tradition hits its roots in the custom of sharing bread.

Earn your bread with your sweat.

If the inspector opened the oven door, it would look like bread was baking.

In many cultures, round foods such as grapes, bread, and moon cakes are eaten at welcome celebrations to represent family unity.

In the southern United States, pieces of corn bread represent blocks of gold for prosperity in the new year.

On the third Monday of April, the holiday sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called the boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the crowds.

Sharing bread or other foods is a common human tradition that can promote unity and trust.

Sharing bread, whether during a special occasion or at the family dinner table, is a common symbol of togetherness.

So instead of eating a piece of yesterday's bread from the supermarket, you'd eat something baked just for you on demand.

Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping, so they make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day.

Fundamentally, the USPS is in a historic squeeze between technological change that has permanently decreased demand for its bread-and-butter product, first-class mail, and a regulatory structure that denies management the flexibility to adjust its operations to the new reality.

mine is filled with leftovers, bread, stock, meat and fish.

This means that people should avoid crisping their roast potatoes, spurn thin-crust pizzas and only easily toast their bread.

词组搭配

be the best (或 greatest) thing since sliced bread

(informal)used to emphasize one's enthusiasm about a new idea, person, or thing

(非正式)最好的东西（用于强调对新思想，人物或事物的热忱）

Latin

used to refer to a diet of entertainment or political policies on which the masses are fed to keep them happy and docile

面包和马戏观赏（指为安抚目的给予群众的好处或实施的政策）；食物和娱乐

bread and water

a frugal diet that is eaten in poverty, chosen in abstinence, or given as a punishment

（因贫困、节食或惩罚而吃的）面包和白开水，粗茶淡饭

bread and wine

the consecrated elements used in the celebration of the Eucharist; the sacrament of the Eucharist

圣餐

the bread of life

something regarded as a source of spiritual nourishment

精神食粮

break bread

celebrate the Eucharist

分圣餐；领圣餐

one cannot live by bread alone

people have spiritual as well as physical needs

人无法仅靠面包生活，精神需要和肉体需要同等重要

cast one's bread upon the waters

do good without expecting gratitude or reward

不期望报答地做好事，真心行善不求回报

one's daily bread

the money or food that one needs in order to live

生活必需品，食物

she earned her daily bread by working long hours.
她日夜工作、赚钱糊口。

know which side one's bread is buttered (on)

(informal)know where one's advantage lies

(非正式)明白自己的利益之所在；善于为自己打算

take the bread out of (或 from) people's mouths

deprive people of their livings by competition or unfair working practices

抢某人的饭碗，夺某人的生计

want one's bread buttered on both sides

(informal)want more than is practicable or than is reasonable to expect

(非正式)抱有不切实际的希望；提出不合情理的要求