英语词汇“staff of life”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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staff of life: staffs of life

USAGE EXAMPLES

In fact, acorns were the staff of life for many of the indigenous people in California for millennia, says author and ethnobotanist Kat Anderson.

Scientific American(May 16, 2014)

I know many people don’t eat bread anymore, but I get that whole “staff of life” business now.

New York Times(Jun 20, 2013)

Wheat, long known as the staff of life, is a dietary staple used in making breads, pastries, cookies, breakfast cereal, noodles and other foods.

Reuters(May 29, 2013)

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

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bread, breadstuff

anadama bread

a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses

bap

a small loaf or roll of soft bread

barmbrack

a rich currant cake or bun

bread-stick, breadstick

a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup

Boston brown bread, brown bread

dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water

bun, roll

small rounded bread either plain or sweet

caraway seed bread

bread containing caraway seeds

challah, hallah

(Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking

cinnamon bread

bread flavored with cinnamon often containing raisins

cracked-wheat bread

bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine

cracker

a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet

crouton

a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads

brown bread, dark bread, whole meal bread, whole wheat bread

bread made with whole wheat flour

English muffin

round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and toasted before being eaten

flatbread

any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough

garlic bread

French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven

gluten bread

bread made with gluten flour

Host

a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

loaf, loaf of bread

a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

matzah, matzo, matzoh, unleavened bread

brittle flat bread eaten at Passover

naan, nan

leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

onion bread

bread containing finely minced onions

raisin bread

bread containing raisins

quick bread

breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking

rye bread

any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour

salt-rising bread

white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp

simnel

a crisp bread of fine white flour

sour bread, sourdough bread

made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is active

toast

slices of bread that have been toasted

wafer

thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)

light bread, white bread

bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour

grissino

a long slender crusty breadstick

tea bread

sweetened buns to be eaten with tea

graham bread

bread made of graham (whole wheat) flour

flatbrod

the thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia

bannock

a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland

chapati, chapatti

flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle

pita, pocket bread

usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling

French loaf

a loaf of French bread

banana bread

moist bread containing banana pulp

date bread

bread containing chopped dates

date-nut bread

bread containing chopped dates and nuts

nut bread

bread containing chopped nuts

oatcake

thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal

Irish soda bread

round loaf made with soda and buttermilk; often containing caraway seeds and raisins

fry bread, skillet bread

usually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda bread

black bread, pumpernickel

bread made of coarse rye flour

Jewish rye, Jewish rye bread

(Judaism) bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds

limpa

a rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar

Swedish rye, Swedish rye bread

a moist aromatic yeast-raised bread made with rye flour and molasses and orange rind

French bread

a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes

Italian bread

unsweetened yeast-raised bread made without shortening and baked in long thick loaves with tapered ends

cornbread

bread made primarily of cornmeal

cinnamon toast

buttered toast with sugar and cinnamon (and nutmeg and grated lemon peel)

orange toast

buttered toast with sugar and grated orange rind and a little orange juice

Melba toast

very thin crisp brown toast

Brussels biscuit, rusk, twice-baked bread, zwieback

slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp

frankfurter bun, hotdog bun

a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter

hamburger bun, hamburger roll

a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty

gem, muffin

a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

Yorkshire pudding

light puffy bread made of a puff batter and traditionally baked in the pan with roast beef

scone

small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle

brioche

a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet

crescent roll, croissant

very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll

Vienna roll, hard roll

yeast-raised roll with a hard crust

soft roll

yeast-raised roll with a soft crust

kaiser roll

rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center

Parker House roll

yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking

clover-leaf roll

yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan

onion roll

yeast-raised roll flavored with onion

coffee roll, sweet roll

any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze

bagel, beigel

(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust

biscuit

small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

saltine

a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking

soda cracker

unsweetened cracker leavened slightly with soda and cream of tartar

oyster cracker

a small dry usually round cracker

water biscuit

a thin flour-and-water biscuit usually made without shortening; often served with cheese

graham cracker

semisweet whole-wheat cracker

pretzel

glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot

meat loaf, meatloaf

a baked loaf of ground meat

starches

foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)

baked goods

foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven

单词	staff of life
释义	staff of life (once / 29475 pages) n WORD FAMILY staff of life: staffs of life USAGE EXAMPLES In fact, acorns were the staff of life for many of the indigenous people in California for millennia, says author and ethnobotanist Kat Anderson. Scientific American(May 16, 2014) I know many people don’t eat bread anymore, but I get that whole “staff of life” business now. New York Times(Jun 20, 2013) Wheat, long known as the staff of life, is a dietary staple used in making breads, pastries, cookies, breakfast cereal, noodles and other foods. Reuters(May 29, 2013) n food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper bread, breadstuff anadama bread a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses bap a small loaf or roll of soft bread barmbrack a rich currant cake or bun bread-stick, breadstick a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup Boston brown bread, brown bread dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water bun, roll small rounded bread either plain or sweet caraway seed bread bread containing caraway seeds challah, hallah (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking cinnamon bread bread flavored with cinnamon often containing raisins cracked-wheat bread bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine cracker a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet crouton a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads brown bread, dark bread, whole meal bread, whole wheat bread bread made with whole wheat flour English muffin round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and toasted before being eaten flatbread any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough garlic bread French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven gluten bread bread made with gluten flour Host a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion loaf, loaf of bread a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating matzah, matzo, matzoh, unleavened bread brittle flat bread eaten at Passover naan, nan leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop onion bread bread containing finely minced onions raisin bread bread containing raisins quick bread breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking rye bread any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour salt-rising bread white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp simnel a crisp bread of fine white flour sour bread, sourdough bread made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is active toast slices of bread that have been toasted wafer thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist) light bread, white bread bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour grissino a long slender crusty breadstick tea bread sweetened buns to be eaten with tea graham bread bread made of graham (whole wheat) flour flatbrod the thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia bannock a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland chapati, chapatti flat pancake-like bread cooked on a griddle pita, pocket bread usually small round bread that can open into a pocket for filling French loaf a loaf of French bread banana bread moist bread containing banana pulp date bread bread containing chopped dates date-nut bread bread containing chopped dates and nuts nut bread bread containing chopped nuts oatcake thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal Irish soda bread round loaf made with soda and buttermilk; often containing caraway seeds and raisins fry bread, skillet bread usually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda bread black bread, pumpernickel bread made of coarse rye flour Jewish rye, Jewish rye bread (Judaism) bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds limpa a rye bread made with molasses or brown sugar Swedish rye, Swedish rye bread a moist aromatic yeast-raised bread made with rye flour and molasses and orange rind French bread a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes Italian bread unsweetened yeast-raised bread made without shortening and baked in long thick loaves with tapered ends cornbread bread made primarily of cornmeal cinnamon toast buttered toast with sugar and cinnamon (and nutmeg and grated lemon peel) orange toast buttered toast with sugar and grated orange rind and a little orange juice Melba toast very thin crisp brown toast Brussels biscuit, rusk, twice-baked bread, zwieback slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp frankfurter bun, hotdog bun a long bun shaped to hold a frankfurter hamburger bun, hamburger roll a round bun shaped to hold a hamburger patty gem, muffin a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan Yorkshire pudding light puffy bread made of a puff batter and traditionally baked in the pan with roast beef scone small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle brioche a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet crescent roll, croissant very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll Vienna roll, hard roll yeast-raised roll with a hard crust soft roll yeast-raised roll with a soft crust kaiser roll rounded raised poppy-seed roll made of a square piece of dough by folding the corners in to the center Parker House roll yeast-raised dinner roll made by folding a disk of dough before baking clover-leaf roll yeast-raised dinner roll made by baking three small balls of dough in each cup of a muffin pan onion roll yeast-raised roll flavored with onion coffee roll, sweet roll any of numerous yeast-raised sweet rolls with our without raisins or nuts or spices or a glaze bagel, beigel (Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust biscuit small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda saltine a cracker sprinkled with salt before baking soda cracker unsweetened cracker leavened slightly with soda and cream of tartar oyster cracker a small dry usually round cracker water biscuit a thin flour-and-water biscuit usually made without shortening; often served with cheese graham cracker semisweet whole-wheat cracker pretzel glazed and salted cracker typically in the shape of a loose knot meat loaf, meatloaf a baked loaf of ground meat starches foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) baked goods foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
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