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Breadwinner Sense 20163.Breadwinner 英 Bredwɪnə]美 Brɛdwɪnɚ 释义 N

正面 20163.breadwinner
英 ['bredwɪnə]美 ['brɛdwɪnɚ]

背面
释义:
n. 负担家计的人;养家糊口的人
例句:
1. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.社会地位很大程度上是由家里经济支柱的职业决定的。

1. Latin discus "disk-shaped object," also, by medieval times, "table," from Greek diskos "quoit, disk, dish".2. disc => dais.3. Dais:待一时。讲台只能待一时,待时间长了会得咽炎和静脉曲张----讲台。4. 谐音“代师”---代课老师---代课老师在讲台上讲课。
breadwinner 养家糊口的人bread, 面包。win, 古义追求,同Venus, 爱神维纳斯。
breadwinner (n.)also bread-winner, "one who supplies a living for others, especially a family," 1821, from the noun bread (probably in a literal sense) + winner, from win (v.) in its sense of "struggle for, work at." Attested slightly earlier (1818) in sense "skill or art by which one makes a living." Not too far removed from the image at the root of lord (n.)."

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