[mass noun]sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat, such as a grill or fire 烤面包(片),吐司
a call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honour of a person or thing, or an instance of drinking in this way 干杯;敬酒,祝酒 he raised his glass in a toast to his son. 他舉起酒杯向兒子祝酒。 ■[in sing.]a person or thing that is very popular or held in high regard by a particular group of people 極受敬慕的人(或事物) he found himself the toast of the baseball world. 他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己成了棒球界備受推崇的人。
verb [with obj.]
cook or brown (food, especially bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat 烤,烘(食品,尤指面包、干酪) he sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread. 他坐在火邊烤一片面包。 [as adj. toasted]a toasted cheese sandwich. 烤奶酪三明治。 ■[no obj.](of food) cook or become brown in this way (食品)烤熟,烘熟 place under a hot grill until the nuts have toasted. 把堅(jiān)果放在熱烘烘的煤氣爐燃燒器下直到烤熟為止。 ■warm (oneself or part of one's body) in front of a fire or other source or heat 使暖和
drink to the health or in honour of (someone or something) by raising one's glass together with others 為…舉杯祝酒(或干杯) happy families toasting each other's health. 舉杯互祝健康的歡樂(lè)家庭。 he is toasted by the trade as the outstanding dealer in children's books. 他被同行尊為出色的兒童書(shū)籍商人。
常用詞組 be toast
(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)be or be likely to become finished, defunct, or dead (非正式,主北美)完蛋了,倒霉了 one mistake and you're toast. 只要犯一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤,你就完了。
have someone on toast
(Brit. informal)be in a position to deal with someone as one wishes (英,非正式)任意擺布某人
語(yǔ)源
late Middle English (as a verb in the sense 'burn as the sun does, parch'): from Old French toster 'roast', from Latin torrere 'parch'. The practice of drinking a toast (sense 2) goes back to the late 17th cent., and originated in naming a lady whose health the company was requested to drink, the idea being that the lady's name flavoured the drink like the pieces of spiced toast that were formerly placed in drinks such as wine
toast2 verb
[no obj.][usu. as noun toasting](of a DJ) accompany a reggae backing track or music with improvised rhythmic speech (音樂(lè)主持人)用即興演講配以雷蓋音樂(lè)