英语词汇“to earn one's bread”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Livelihood, means of living, subsistence. Now chiefly in to earn one's bread: to make a living, to earn income sufficient to live on. Cf. to earn one's (daily) food at food n. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood

lifeOE

foodOE

livelihoodc1300

livingc1330

ploughc1390

purchasec1475

daily bread1526

being1570

governing1572

shift1572

supportation1576

thrift1579

livelihead1590

thrive1592

breadwinnera1614

subsistence1644

gain1655

bread and butter1691

through-bearing1705

bread1719

bread ticket1801

daily1817

lifehood1823

rice bowl1853

crust1916

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 4 I was under no Necessity of seeking my Bread.

1777 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 170 The bread of a family depends on that man's paralytic hand.

1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. xcvi He meant no harm in scribbling..'twas..his bread.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 142 Many officers..arbitrarily deprived of their commissions and of their bread.

1907 Square Deal May 4/2 The workingmen, who have earned their bread in the employ of capital, will find their incomes cut off.

2002 S. L. Carter Emperor Ocean Park i. 13 I earn my bread by writing learned articles too arcane to have an influence.

单词	to earn one's bread
释义	> as lemmas to earn one's bread b. Livelihood, means of living, subsistence. Now chiefly in to earn one's bread: to make a living, to earn income sufficient to live on. Cf. to earn one's (daily) food at food n. 1c. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] > regular occupation, trade, or profession > livelihood lifeOE foodOE livelihoodc1300 livingc1330 ploughc1390 purchasec1475 daily bread1526 being1570 governing1572 shift1572 supportation1576 thrift1579 livelihead1590 thrive1592 breadwinnera1614 subsistence1644 gain1655 bread and butter1691 through-bearing1705 bread1719 bread ticket1801 daily1817 lifehood1823 rice bowl1853 crust1916 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 4 I was under no Necessity of seeking my Bread. 1777 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 170 The bread of a family depends on that man's paralytic hand. 1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. xcvi He meant no harm in scribbling..'twas..his bread. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 142 Many officers..arbitrarily deprived of their commissions and of their bread. 1907 Square Deal May 4/2 The workingmen, who have earned their bread in the employ of capital, will find their incomes cut off. 2002 S. L. Carter Emperor Ocean Park i. 13 I earn my bread by writing learned articles too arcane to have an influence. extracted from breadn. < as lemmas
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