"Bacon" is salted or smoked meat from a pig, and the idiom "bring home the bacon" means to earn a living or achieve success. "Save your bacon" means to rescue someone from a difficult situation.
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]咸猪肉;熏猪肉Bacon is salted or smoked meat which comes from the back or sides of a pig.
...bacon and eggs.
熏肉煎蛋
...smoked streaky bacon.
烟熏五花肉
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[PHRASE 短语]成功;达到目的 If you bring home the bacon ,you achieve what you needed to achieve.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Voters are interested in the representative's ability to bring home the bacon...
选民感兴趣的是代表能否兑现承诺。
I will be most upset if this book does not bring home the bacon.
我就不信这本书不畅销。
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[PHRASE 短语]养家糊口;赚钱养家 The person in a family who brings home the bacon provides the family with the money they need to live.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Who brings up the baby and who brings home the bacon?
是谁抚养孩子的,是谁赚钱养家的?
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[PHRASE 短语]解救…于危难(或困境) If someone or something saves your bacon, they get you out of a dangerous or difficult situation.
[V inflects]
[BRIT 英]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Your mother once saved my bacon. She lent me money when I needed it.
你母亲帮过我一次大忙,在我需要的时候借过钱给我。
Oxford
bacon/ˈbeɪkən; NAmEˈbeɪkən/noun[uncountable ]meat from the back or sides of a pig that has been cured(= preserved using salt or smoke), usually served in thin slices 咸猪肉;熏猪肉◆a rasher of bacon一片咸猪肉◆bacon and eggs咸肉和鸡蛋◆smoked/unsmoked bacon熏制╱未熏制的猪肉☞compare
gammon
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ham
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pork
IDIOMsee
home
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save
v.baconbaconsbacon/ˈbeɪkən; NAmEˈbeɪkən/
LDC
baconba‧con /ˈbeɪkən/ ●●○S3 noun [uncountable]
Word Origin
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Phrases
1salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig, often served in narrow thin pieces: bacon and eggsrasher of bacon British English (=piece of bacon)2bring home the bacon informal to provide enough money to support your family → save somebody’s bacon
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WDF
bacon
[ˈbeɪkən]
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培根(48%),熏肉(31%),咸肉(21%)
n.咸肉;腌肉;熏猪肉
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