breadwinner
英 ['bredw?n?]
美['br?dw?n?]
- n. 負擔家計的人；養(yǎng)家糊口的人
IELTS
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?breadwinners;
中文詞源
breadwinner 養(yǎng)家糊口的人
bread, 面包。win, 古義追求，同Venus, 愛神維納斯。
英文詞源
- breadwinner (n.)
- also bread-winner, "one who supplies a living for others, especially a family," 1821, from the noun bread (probably in a literal sense) + winner, from win (v.) in its sense of "struggle for, work at." Attested slightly earlier (1818) in sense "skill or art by which one makes a living." Not too far removed from the image at the root of lord (n.).
雙語例句
- 1. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.
- 社會地位很大程度上是由家里經(jīng)濟支柱的職業(yè)決定的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.
- 她丈夫死后,她不得不賺錢養(yǎng)家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.
- 一直由我支付賬單，維持家庭生計。
來自辭典例句
- 4. When the breadwinner is ill, his children will do anything rather than starve.
- 大人病了, 兒女們做賊做娼也比餓著強!
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
- 5. When his father died, he became the breadwinner of the family.
- 父親死后, 他便成了全家養(yǎng)家糊口的人.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)