单词 | bread trees |
释义 | bread /bred/noun
To cover (a cutlet, etc) with breadcrumbs before cooking ORIGIN: OE brēad, prob from a Gmc root meaning a fragment; cf Scot use of piece breadˈed adjective breadˈ-and-buttˈer noun
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bread-and-butter letter noun A letter of thanks for hospitality bread-and-butter pudding noun A baked dessert made from buttered bread, dried fruit, eggs, milk and sugar breadˈbasket noun
breadˈberry noun Bread steeped in hot milk bread bin noun A container in which bread is stored breadˈboard noun
transitive verb To make an experimental version of (an electronic circuit) breadˈ-chipper noun (Shakespeare) A person who cuts the crusts off bread, an under-butler breadˈ-corn noun Grain of which bread is made breadˈcrumb noun
transitive verb To cover with breadcrumbs breadˈfruit noun
breadˈhead noun (slang)
bread knife noun A large serrated knife for cutting bread breadˈline see on the breadline below. breadˈnut noun The fruit of a tropical American tree (Brosimum alicastrum) related to the breadfruit tree, used as bread when boiled or roasted bread pudding noun A baked pudding made with bread, milk, sugar, eggs and dried fruit breadˈroom noun An apartment in a ship's hold where the bread is kept breadˈroot noun
bread sauce noun A thick milk-based sauce made with bread(crumbs) breadˈstick noun A long, thin stick of bread dough baked until crisp bread study noun Any branch of study taken up as a means of gaining a living breadˈstuff noun
bread tree noun A name for various trees whose seeds or pith yield a substitute for bread, eg Kaffir-bread breadˈwinner noun The person who earns a living for a family bread and circuses Translation of the Roman satirist Juvenal's panem et circenses (food and amusements at public expense) bread buttered on both sides Very fortunate circumstances cast one's bread upon the waters To be generous or charitable without expecting any reward know which side one's bread is buttered on To know how to act for one's own best interests on the breadline At subsistence level, with just enough to make ends meet (from breadline, a queue of poor or down-and-out people waiting for free food, esp from government sources) take the bread out of someone's mouth To deprive someone of the means of living |
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