daily bread

短语

每日的口粮;生计

发音

US /ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/
AU
UK /ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.

    不可数

    to earn one's daily bread

  2. 2.

    All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life.

    不可数 宗教 引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

commonness commonplaceness everydayness

词源

Possibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King James Version: “Give us this day our daily bread” (see Matthew 6:11, and compare Luke 11:3).

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