名詞 bread:

1. food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
   同義詞：breadstuff, staff of life
2. informal terms for money
   同義詞：boodle, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum

動(dòng)詞 bread:

1. cover with bread crumbs

1. He was a shrewd businessman. He knew which side his bread was buttered on.
   他是一個(gè)精明的商人，深知自己的利益所在。
2. The bread is baking in the oven.
   烤箱里正在烤面包。
3. He bought a loaf of bread.
   他買了一大塊奶酪。
4. They had nothing to eat but stale bread.
   除了陳面包外，他們沒有別的東西可吃。
5. I had a frugal meal of bread and cheese last night.
   我昨晚吃了只有面包和奶酪的便餐。
6. Cut the bread into small rounds and give me two.
   把面包切成小片，然后給我兩片。
7. He earned his bread by writing novels.
   他靠寫小說維生。

bread

n.（名詞）
A staple food made from flour or meal mixed with other dry and liquid ingredients, usually combined with a leavening agent, and kneaded, shaped into loaves, and baked.
面包：用面粉或粗磨粉與其它固態(tài)和液體原料混合制成的主食，通常摻入酵母，揉過之后做成塊再烘烤

Food in general, regarded as necessary for sustaining life:
食物：泛指維持生命所必需的食物：
例句：
.If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.(Edward Bellamy)
.如果面包是生活的第一需要，娛樂將成為第二需要.(愛德華·貝拉米)

Something that nourishes; sustenance:
營養(yǎng)：滋養(yǎng)物；營養(yǎng)物：
例句：
.My bread shall be the anguish of my mind.(Edmund Spenser)
.我的滋養(yǎng)物應(yīng)是我內(nèi)心的痛苦.(埃德蒙·斯潘塞)

Means of support; livelihood:
生計(jì)：謀生之道；生活：
例句：
earn one`s bread.
謀生

Slang Money.
【俚語】 錢
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
bread.ed,bread.ing,breads
To coat with bread crumbs, as before cooking:
在…上撒面包屑：用面包屑包裹，如在烹飪前：
例句：
breaded the fish fillets.
滾了面包屑的魚片

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English brôad * see bhreu-
源自 古英語 brôad *參見 bhreu-
N., sense 3b, possibly from Cockney rhyming slang bread and honey
名詞釋義3b，可能源自 倫敦東區(qū)同韻俚語 bread and honey