Bread and butter
涂黄油的面包, 生计
📖 牛津释义
bread and butter
1 slices of bread spread with butter 抹黄油的面包片.
2 (infml 口) (way of earning) one's living 生活; 生计; 谋生之道
Acting is his bread and butter. 演戏就是他的饭碗.
How does he earn his bread and butter? 他怎样谋生?
[attrib 作定语]
Jobs, pensions and housing are the bread-and-butter issues of politics, ie the basic ones. 就业、养老金和住房问题是和政治有关的基本问题.
3 (idm 习语) a bread-and-`butter letter letter thanking a host or hostess for hospitality 感谢款待的信.
🧩 词语组成解析
bread
[brɛd]
n. 面包;食物;营养，营养物;生计;
vt. 在…上撒面包屑;
and
[ənd, ən,ænd]
conj. 和，与;而且;于是，然后;因此;
butter
['bʌtɚ]
n. 黄油;黄油状的食品;奉承话;焊膏;
vt. 抹黄油于…上;用黄油煎食物;讨好;
🗣️ 情景例句
Sure. Can you give me fifty dollars in small bills, please, and ten dollars in change?
好的。你可以帮我把50块钱换成小钞，10块换成零钱吗？
Hunger knows no friend.
饥难周友。
Suddenly a raft appeared, looking rather like Noah's ark, carrying the whole family, a few hens, the dogs, cat, and bird in a cage.
突然，出现了一只筏子，看起来很像诺亚方舟，上面载着他们全家老小，还有几只母鸡、几只狗，一只猫与一只鸟笼，那里头有一只小鸟。