/ˈbredwɪnə(r) ||; ˈbrɛdˌwɪnɚ/noun [C] [usu.sing] the person who earns most of the money that his/her family needs 养家活口的人: When his dad died, Steve became the breadwinner. 斯蒂夫在他爸爸死了以后成了养家活口的人。