英语词汇“toast”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

toast

(toʊst )

Word forms: toasts , toasting , toasted

1. uncountable noun A2

Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature.

...a piece of toast.

2. verb B2

When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brown and crisp.

Toast the bread lightly on both sides. [VERB noun]

...a toasted sandwich. [VERB-ed]

cook

Synonyms: brown, grill, crisp, roast

3. countable noun

When you drink a toast to someone or something, you drink some wine or another alcoholic drink as a symbolic gesture, in order to show your appreciation of them or to wish them success.

The host drank a toast to each guest in turn. [+ to]

At the end of the meal Burgoyne was asked to propose a toast.

4. verb

When you toast someone or something, you drink a toast to them.

Party officials and generals toasted his health. [VERB noun]

They toasted her in champagne. [V n in/with n]

Synonyms: drink to, honour, pledge to, salute

5. singular noun

If someone is the toast of a place, they are very popular and greatly admired there, because they have done something very successfully or well.

She was the toast of Paris. [+ of]

Synonyms: favourite, celebrity, darling, talk

6. be toast phrase [VERB inflects]

If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed. [informal]

They know how to control access to the media. And if you don't play the game, you're toast.

Image of toast

Quotations:

Here's tae us; wha's like us?
Gey few, and they're a' deidScottish toast

Idioms:

someone is toast [informal]

said to mean that someone is no longer important or powerful, or that their position is under threat

`Hit your sales targets next year or you're toast,' my manager told me.

Translations:

Chinese: 烤面包片, 祝酒, 为…举杯祝酒

Japanese: トースト grilled bread , 乾杯 tribute , ～のために乾杯する

单词	toast
释义	toast (toʊst ) Word forms: toasts , toasting , toasted 1. uncountable noun A2 Toast is bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature. ...a piece of toast. 2. verb B2 When you toast something such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brown and crisp. Toast the bread lightly on both sides. [VERB noun] ...a toasted sandwich. [VERB-ed] cook Synonyms: brown, grill, crisp, roast 3. countable noun When you drink a toast to someone or something, you drink some wine or another alcoholic drink as a symbolic gesture, in order to show your appreciation of them or to wish them success. The host drank a toast to each guest in turn. [+ to] At the end of the meal Burgoyne was asked to propose a toast. 4. verb When you toast someone or something, you drink a toast to them. Party officials and generals toasted his health. [VERB noun] They toasted her in champagne. [V n in/with n] Synonyms: drink to, honour, pledge to, salute 5. singular noun If someone is the toast of a place, they are very popular and greatly admired there, because they have done something very successfully or well. She was the toast of Paris. [+ of] Synonyms: favourite, celebrity, darling, talk 6. be toast phrase [VERB inflects] If someone is toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed. [informal] They know how to control access to the media. And if you don't play the game, you're toast. Image of toast © bergamont, Shutterstock Quotations: Here's tae us; wha's like us? Gey few, and they're a' deidScottish toast Idioms: someone is toast [informal] said to mean that someone is no longer important or powerful, or that their position is under threat `Hit your sales targets next year or you're toast,' my manager told me. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 烤面包片, 祝酒, 为…举杯祝酒 Japanese: トースト grilled bread , 乾杯 tribute , ～のために乾杯する
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