bread-winner

基本解释

Nowadays, in many american families, both the husband and wife is bread winner.
如今，在美国许多家庭中，夫妇双方都挣钱养家。
So I was a bread winner when I was nine. I did odds and sods to get things by any means.
这样，我9岁就挑起了家庭的重担。我想方设法，干各种杂活，养家活口。
So he was a bread winner when he was nine. He did odds and sods to get things by any means.
因此，他9岁的时候就开始养家活口。为了挣钱他不顾一切地干各种各样的零碎活儿。
Or if you are not the bread winner, then you are enslaved to the one who pays the bills in ones' dance of life.
如果你不是一个维生的成功者，随后在你生活之舞中，你被付帐单的人所奴役。
Carolyn: Oh, oh, oh, oh, and I want to thank you for putting me under the added pressure of being the Blackmailing 8)sole bread winner now.
凯洛琳：噢，哦，哦，哦，我还要感谢你让我的负担更重了，让我成为唯一的面包供应者。

The breadwinner in a family is the person in it who earns the money that the family needs for essential things.