also bread-winner, "one who supplies a living for others, especially a family," 1821, from the noun bread (probably in a literal sense) + winner, from win (v.) in its sense of "struggle for, work at." Attested slightly earlier (1818) in sense "skill or art by which one makes a living." Not too far removed from the image at the root of lord (n.).
雙語例句
1. Social status is largely determined by the occupation of the main breadwinner.
社會地位很大程度上是由家裏經濟支柱的職業決定的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. When her husband died she had to become the breadwinner.
她丈夫死後,她不得不賺錢養家.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. I've always paid the bills and been the breadwinner.
一直由我支付賬單，維持家庭生計。
來自辭典例句
4. When the breadwinner is ill, his children will do anything rather than starve.
大人病了, 兒女們做賊做娼也比餓著強!
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
5. When his father died, he became the breadwinner of the family.