bread

bread — noun

1. baked food from a flour mixture, usually eaten as a loaf, slice, or roll.

1.名詞A1
釋義

baked food from a flour mixture, usually eaten as a loaf, slice, or roll.

例句

Mei bought warm bread from the bakery before school.

collocation: warm bread

The soup tastes better with fresh bread and a little butter.

collocation: fresh bread

同義詞
  • loaf

    a whole shaped piece of bread, not the general food

  • roll

    a small individual piece of bread

文法句型

bread

a slice of bread

a piece of bread

a loaf of bread

用法筆記

Usually uncountable when you mean the food in general. For one unit, English normally uses words like 'slice', 'piece', or 'loaf' rather than 'a bread'.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a bread for lunch.
✅I bought a loaf of bread for lunch.
💡bread is usually uncountable in this sense.
❌Can I have two breads?
✅Can I have two slices of bread?
💡use a unit word such as 'slice' when you count it.

2. money, especially in casual or dated talk about what a person earns or needs.

2.名詞C1
釋義

money, especially in casual or dated talk about what a person earns or needs.

例句

The band plays weddings on weekends to earn extra bread.

pattern: earn bread

Noa needs more bread before she can rent her own flat.

pattern: need bread

同義詞
  • money

    the normal everyday word without the dated tone

  • cash

    more specific; actual coins or notes, or money ready to spend

  • dough

    informal slang; still commoner today than bread in this sense

文法句型

earn bread

make bread

need bread

用法筆記

Common with verbs like 'earn', 'make', and 'need'. Distinguish from the idiom 'your daily bread': this sense means money itself, while the idiom points more broadly to the things a person lives on.

常見錯誤

❌He earns many breads driving a taxi.
✅He earns good bread driving a taxi.' OR 'He earns a lot of money driving a taxi.
💡this sense is uncountable, and modern English usually prefers 'money'.

bread — verb