Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #2292
bread
面包
A baked food made from flour or meal, usually leavened with yeast or baking powder.
- 1.
A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
- 2.
A piece of embroidery; a braid.
刺绣品；饰带
- 3.
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
用面粉或谷物制成的食物,通常用酵母或泡打粉发酵后烘烤而成
- 4.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
食物；生计；生活支持
- 5.
informal terms for money
非正式的金钱用语
- 6.
Any variety of bread.
钱；食物；生计；刺绣品；饰带；用面粉或谷物制成的食物,通常用酵母或泡打粉发酵后烘烤而成；食物；生计；生活支持
In use
I need to buy some bread for breakfast.
This bread is freshly baked.
She sliced the bread and put it on the plate.
a slice/piece/loaf of bread
表示面包的量词用法，面包为不可数名词。
He ate a slice of bread.
他吃了一片面包。
bread and butter
也可比喻生计或主要收入来源。
Bread and butter is his main source of income.
面包和黄油是他主要的收入来源。
make bread
常见动词搭配，表示制作面包。
She makes bread every Sunday.
她每个星期天都做面包。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- bake bread
- 烤面包
- I love to bake bread on weekends.我喜欢在周末烤面包。
- earn bread
- 挣钱
- He works hard to earn his bread.他努力工作挣钱。
- bread and butter
- 涂黄油的面包；生计
- Bread and butter is a simple breakfast.涂黄油的面包是简单的早餐。
- slice of bread
- 一片面包
- She ate a slice of bread with jam.她吃了一片涂果酱的面包。
Idioms & figurative uses
- bread and butter
- 生计，主要收入来源Teaching is his bread and butter.教书是他的生计。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
面包是主食，bread 也有‘钱’的意思，想想‘bread and butter’（生计）就记住了。
Context & Register
register: neutral; contexts: 日常饮食、烘焙; note_zh: 面包一词在英语中为中性，多用于日常饮食和烹饪语境，不涉及正式或非正式场合的显著差异。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，指面包。通常不用复数形式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with /ɛd/. Words like 'bead', 'mead', 'lead' (verb) are spelled similarly but sound different (/iːd/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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