breadline

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/    美 /ˈbɹɛdlaɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A line of people waiting to receive food from a charity. US
    — I do not think anyone of us can walk by a breadline and see even the most unkempt and raggedy man in the line without saying to himself, "There but for the grace of God."
  2. The lowest income level at which one's most basic necessities of survival are met; poverty line or subsistence level. UK,figuratively
    — Every day brings new worries about falling below the breadline.

词形变化

breadlines plural bread line alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
breadliner below the breadline on the breadline
相关词
poverty line soupline

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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