单词 | bread-and-butter |
释义 | bread-and-butter /bred"n but"euhr/, adj. 1. providing a livelihood or basic source of income; supplying the basic needs of life: a bread-and-butter job; the agency's bread-and-butter account. 2. of or pertaining to basic needs: housing and other bread-and-butter political issues. 3. basic or everyday; staple; routine. 4. expressing thanks for hospitality: a bread-and-butter letter. [1720-30; adj. use of n. phrase bread and butter] |
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