break bread

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends, family, guests, etc.; to be in fellowship with others by eating with them.
    — The knight swore he would not break bread in the castle again until he received reparation for the insult.
  2. To take part in Holy Communion.
    — In baptism we make covenant; in communion we renew covenant week by week. . . . After offering prayers of thanksgiving, together we break bread and drink from the cup.

词形变化

breaks bread present,singular,third-person breaking bread participle,present broke bread past broken bread participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
breaking of bread

词源

Inherited from Middle English breken bred; under medieval conditions, guests brought their own knives worn with them, which were their daggers they hunted and gathered with, then only fit to cut meat. From the expression “break bread with friends” the ellipsis “break bread” implying community developed.
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