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

staff of bread now rare (with the) bread (or food generally) considered as a necessity or means of supporting life (cf. sense 3). Chiefly in to break the staff of bread: to diminish or cut off the supply of food. Cf. bread n. 4a.Frequently (now only) with direct biblical reference or allusion. [In to break the staff of bread after post-classical Latin confringere baculum panis (Vulgate: Leviticus 26:26), itself ultimately after Hebrew šāḇar maṭṭēh leḥem; with staff of bread compare also post-classical Latin baculum panis (Vulgate: Ezekiel 4:16, 5:16), virga panis (Vulgate: Hebraic Psalter 104:16 and Ezekiel 14:13). Compare also Dutch staf des broods (1688).]

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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > supply with provisions > cut off supply

to break the staff of bread1382

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxvi. 26 After þat y breke þe staaf of ȝoure breede, so þat..ȝe shal ete & not be folfulled.

1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 121 God in his lawe threatneth that he will breake the staffe of bread, that is, bread shall not nourish them that eate it.

a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 215 When thou hadst almost broke the staff of bread, and called a famine of thy word almost upon all the world, then thou broughtest me into this Egypt, where thou hadst appointed thy stewards to husband thy blessings, and to feed thy stock.

1660 P. Simon Mensa Mystica Introd. sig. a 2 He is called the Bread of life, which came down from Heaven, as the manna in the wilderness, who is to support our souls, as the staff of bread doth our bodies.

1725 R. Nasmith Treat. upon Entail Covenant of Grace 289 The Person's Souls Life, its dependency on the Death of Christ, as his Natural Life depends on the Staff of Bread.

1836 Westmorland Gaz. & Kendal Advertiser 26 Nov. To introduce..a change..in the condition of those to whom the potato has been the only staff of bread.

1921 Aberdeen Jrnl. 27 July 4/3 Every field where the sheep have fed will soon be full of the edible mushrooms..They come to help stabilise the staff of bread.

1965 E. J. Young Bk. Isaiah (2001) I. 138 If the staff of bread be removed, destruction results.

单词	staff of bread
释义	> as lemmas staff of bread staff of bread now rare (with the) bread (or food generally) considered as a necessity or means of supporting life (cf. sense 3). Chiefly in to break the staff of bread: to diminish or cut off the supply of food. Cf. bread n. 4a.Frequently (now only) with direct biblical reference or allusion. [In to break the staff of bread after post-classical Latin confringere baculum panis (Vulgate: Leviticus 26:26), itself ultimately after Hebrew šāḇar maṭṭēh leḥem; with staff of bread compare also post-classical Latin baculum panis (Vulgate: Ezekiel 4:16, 5:16), virga panis (Vulgate: Hebraic Psalter 104:16 and Ezekiel 14:13). Compare also Dutch staf des broods (1688).] ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > supply with provisions > cut off supply to break the staff of bread1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxvi. 26 After þat y breke þe staaf of ȝoure breede, so þat..ȝe shal ete & not be folfulled. 1596 Bp. W. Barlow tr. L. Lavater Three Christian Serm. i. 121 God in his lawe threatneth that he will breake the staffe of bread, that is, bread shall not nourish them that eate it. a1631 J. Donne Ess. Divinity (1651) 215 When thou hadst almost broke the staff of bread, and called a famine of thy word almost upon all the world, then thou broughtest me into this Egypt, where thou hadst appointed thy stewards to husband thy blessings, and to feed thy stock. 1660 P. Simon Mensa Mystica Introd. sig. a 2 He is called the Bread of life, which came down from Heaven, as the manna in the wilderness, who is to support our souls, as the staff of bread doth our bodies. 1725 R. Nasmith Treat. upon Entail Covenant of Grace 289 The Person's Souls Life, its dependency on the Death of Christ, as his Natural Life depends on the Staff of Bread. 1836 Westmorland Gaz. & Kendal Advertiser 26 Nov. To introduce..a change..in the condition of those to whom the potato has been the only staff of bread. 1921 Aberdeen Jrnl. 27 July 4/3 Every field where the sheep have fed will soon be full of the edible mushrooms..They come to help stabilise the staff of bread. 1965 E. J. Young Bk. Isaiah (2001) I. 138 If the staff of bread be removed, destruction results. extracted from staffn.¹ < as lemmas
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