The breadline
01
贫困线, 最低生活线
an informal threshold of income that marks the level at which a person or household is regarded as very poor or barely able to afford basic necessities
idiom
例子
A single illness can push a household to the breadline.
一场病就可能把一个家庭推到贫困线边缘。
02
领食物的队伍, 救济食品发放队
a line of people waiting to receive free food or other emergency relief distributed by a charity, agency, or community group
语法信息
有生性状态
人类
形态构成
复合词
可数
复数形式
breadlines
例子
During the weeks after the factory closed, the breadline at the church grew longer each morning.
在工厂关闭后的几周里，教堂的施食队伍每天早上都在变长。
