breadline

n. 等待分配救济食物的队伍

发音

UK /ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/
US /ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/

词形变化

breadlines 复数 breadlines

别名

bread line

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity.

    美国
  2. 2.

    The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level.

    比喻

    Every day brings new worries about falling below the breadline.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

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相关短语

on the breadline below the breadline

词源

From bread + line. In sense 2, referring to the income level at which one can afford to buy bread, a staple food.

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