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单词 angels bread
释义

angels' breadn.

Brit. /ˈeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)lz brɛd/, U.S. /ˈeɪndʒəlz ˌbrɛd/
Forms:

α. Middle English angeles brede, Middle English angels bred, Middle English aungeles bred, Middle English aungelis breed, 1500s aungels breade, 1500s–1700s angels bread, 1700s angel's bread, 1800s– angels' bread.

β. Middle English angel brede, Middle English angell brede, 1800s– angel bread.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: angel n., bread n.
Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive or genitive plural of angel n. + bread n. In β. forms < angel n. + bread n. Compare angels' food n.In sense 1 after post-classical Latin panis angelorum manna (Vulgate), itself after Hellenistic Greek ἄρτος ἀγγέλων (Septuagint), which renders Hebrew leḥem 'abbīrīm in Psalm 78:25 (77:25 in the Vulgate and Septuagint numbering), lit. ‘bread of the mighty ones’.
1. Bread or food suitable for or eaten by angels; sustenance from heaven; spec. the food described in the Bible as miraculously provided for the Israelites in the wilderness; manna (manna n.1 1a). Hence (figurative): spiritual (as opposed to bodily) nourishment. Cf. angels' food n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > manna
mannaeOE
manOE
angels' breada1333
angels' foodc1400
a1333 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 17 Vrom egypte ich ladde þe... And aungeles bred ich ȝaf to þe.
1561 T. Paynell tr. N. Hanapus Ensamples Vertue & Vice cxvii. sig. Yy.iv The chyldren of Israell in the desert hadde Aungels breade.
1614 J. Norden Load-starre to Spirituall Life ix. 75 Men that are wise in Christ..feede on the heauenly Manna, Angels bread, the bread of life.
a1763 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (1773) II. 18 The Moment he [sc. Man] inclin'd To this inferior Life his nobler Mind, God Kindly warn'd him to continue fed With Food of Paradise, with Angels Bread.
1867 E. C. Benedict tr. Hymn of Hildebert & Other Mediæval Hymns 97 Angel bread, from heaven descended, Food to wanderers here extended.
1938 Groesbeck (Texas) Jrnl. 14 Jan. 4/3 Swine husks of a deceitful and degrading world. We ought rather to feed our famished souls on angels' bread.
2004 A. Kershaw Longest Winter xv. 248 Fernandez pulled out some hard army bread... Jenkins took a bite and grinned. ‘This tastes just like angel bread.’
2. A type of bread or cake containing spurge and ginger, eaten as a purgative. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread
sergeant-loafa1348
clear-matin1362
bean-breadc1380
French bread1420
pease-breada1425
bran-breadc1425
grey breadc1430
angels' breadc1440
dough bread?a1500
baker's bread?1550
acorn bread1571
cart-bread1574
chapter-bread1600
diet-bread1617
ember-bread1681
buff coat1688
bust-coat1706
Picentine bread1712
chestnut-bread1814
naan1828
gluten-bread1846
to-bread1854
batch-bread1862
injera1868
coffee cake1879
pan dulce1882
quick bread1882
sour bread1884
Tommy1895
focaccia1905
hard-dough bread1911
hush puppy1918
potica1927
spoon bread1932
bake1933
pitta1936
hard-dough1966
pain de campagne1970
pocket bread1973
ciabatta1985
pain au levain1985
levain1991
c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 28 Tak þe leues of spourge and..ȝucre, gynger & flour of whete mele, & mak paste & bake it in oble yryns..& þu sal haue deliuerance bathe abown & bynethe. Þis is called angell brede.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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