barley n. 大麦。 n. 〔苏格兰语〕 (特指儿童游戏时喊的)停止,停战;停战谈判。 cry barley 喊停战。
bread n. 1.面包。 2.食物,粮食;〔比喻〕生计,生活必需品。 3.【基督教】(圣餐式上的)一块[份]面包。 4.〔美俚〕钱。 a slice of bread 一块面包。 black [brown] bread黑面包。 the bread of life 活命粮。 one's daily bread 每天的食物。 beg one's bread 讨饭,行乞。 bread buttered on both sides 两面涂黄油的面包;极幸福的境遇,安乐的生活。 break bread with 1. 受…款待。 2. 与…共用圣餐。 cast [throw] one's bread upon the water(s) 甘尽义务,施舍,行善。 eat the bread of affliction [idleness] 受折磨,遭遇坎坷[坐食,游手好闲]。 in goog [bad] bread〔俚语〕生活安乐[困苦]。 know (on) which side one's bread is buttered 自知己利所在,善于为个人利益打算。 make [earn] one's bread 谋生。 out of bread 〔口语〕无职业,失业。 quarrel with one's bread and butter 自砸饭碗,与自己过不去。 ship's bread【航海】硬饼干。 take the bread out of sb.'s mouth 抢人饭碗。 adj. -less 无面包的,缺粮的;失去生计的。
Rye bread will do you good , barley bread will do you no harm , wheaten bread will sweeten your blood , oaten bread will strengthen your arm 黑麦面包带给你好事,大麦面包带给你无灾,小麦面包甜润你的血液,燕麦面包使你的双臂有力。
Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream . " i had a dream , " he was saying . " a round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the midianite camp 13基甸到了,就听见一人将梦告诉同伴说,我作了一梦,梦见一个大麦饼滚入米甸营中,到了帐幕,将帐幕撞倒,帐幕就翻转倾覆了。
A man came from baal shalishah , bringing the man of god twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain , along with some heads of new grain . " give it to the people to eat , " elisha said 42有一个人从巴力沙利沙来、带著初熟大麦作的饼二十个、并新穗子、装在口袋里、送给神人神人说、把这些给众人吃。
百科解释
Barley bread is a type bread made from flour of the grain of the barley plant. In the British isles it is a bread which dates back to the Iron Age.