| 单词 | bread and butter |
| 释义 | bread and butter informal noun 1. (modifier) a means of support or subsistence; livelihood the inheritance was their bread and butter 2. bread-and-butter bread-and-buttera. providing a basic means of subsistence a bread-and-butter job b. solid, reliable, or practical a bread-and-butter player c. expressing gratitude, as for hospitality (esp in the phrase bread-and-butter letter) bread-and-butter(ˌbrɛdənˈbʌtə) adjective 1. relating to people's practical, everyday needs and concerns The opposition gained support by concentrating on bread-and-butter matters. These are hardly the bread-and-butter concerns of struggling farmers. 2. providing a basic means of subsistence Australia's bread-and-butter industries would suffer disproportionately from sucha policy. Tourism is the island's bread-and-butter industry threatened with the sack from his bread-and-butter employment 3. solid, reliable, but not fancy a bread-and-butter player a bread-and-butter stock that is safe for the long term |
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