an amount of bread that has been shaped and baked in one piece 一条（面包） a loaf of bread 一条面包 Two white loaves, please. 请给我两条白面包。 🔊🔊 a sliced loaf 一条切片面包 Remove the crusts from a small sliced loaf. 从切成小块的面包上取下面包皮。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- sliced
- …
- bake
- cut
- slice
- …
- pan
- tin
- a loaf of bread
Word Originnoun Old English hlāf, of Germanic origin; related to German Laib.
Idioms
half a loaf (is better than no bread)
- (saying)
you should be grateful for something, even if it is not as good, much, etc. as you really wanted; something is better than nothing 半块面包比没有面包强；聊胜于无 The offer only amounted to half a loaf, but campaigners grabbed it anyway. 报价只相当于一条面包，但活动家还是抓住了。
use your loaf (British English)
(also use your head British and North American English)
- (informal)
used to tell somebody to think about something, especially when they have asked for your opinion or said something stupid 你动动脑子；你仔细想想 ‘Why don't you want to see him again?’ ‘Oh, use your loaf!’ “你为什么不想再见到他？” “哦，用你的面包！”