breadwinner
意味
- 一家のかせぎ手
例文
Tom is the breadwinner in this family.
トムはこの一家の稼ぎ手です。
Tom is his family's main breadwinner.
トムは一家の大黒柱です。
Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.
今では多くの家庭が共稼ぎで、夫と妻の両方が働いている。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From bread + winner, where to win = to earn. Compare West Frisian breawinning (“livelihood”, literally “bread-winning”), Dutch broodwinning (“livelihood”).