英语词汇“another mouth to feed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. another mouth to feed and variants: another dependant, esp. a child, to be provided for.

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1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby li. 506 We must be very careful; more saving than ever with another mouth to feed.

1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds I. ix. 116 Mutton that before cost ninepence, would cost tenpence a pound, and the mouths to be fed would demand more meat.

1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 27 Kalloo grumbled: ‘One more mouth to feed. And will I be given enough stores?’

1961 ‘W. Cooper’ Scenes Married Life iii. i. 142 We were hoping to have children. In the long-term future more and more mouths to feed.

1982 P. Thane Found. Welfare State iii. 56 There is little evidence that such poverty did decline in this period; indeed the survival of more mouths to feed may have increased it.

单词	another mouth to feed
释义	> as lemmas another mouth to feed c. another mouth to feed and variants: another dependant, esp. a child, to be provided for. ΚΠ 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby li. 506 We must be very careful; more saving than ever with another mouth to feed. 1873 A. Trollope Eustace Diamonds I. ix. 116 Mutton that before cost ninepence, would cost tenpence a pound, and the mouths to be fed would demand more meat. 1953 A. Hosain Phoenix Fled 27 Kalloo grumbled: ‘One more mouth to feed. And will I be given enough stores?’ 1961 ‘W. Cooper’ Scenes Married Life iii. i. 142 We were hoping to have children. In the long-term future more and more mouths to feed. 1982 P. Thane Found. Welfare State iii. 56 There is little evidence that such poverty did decline in this period; indeed the survival of more mouths to feed may have increased it. extracted from mouthn. < as lemmas
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