单词 | toaster |
释义 | toastern.1 1. One who toasts anything by the fire. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > cook > [noun] > toaster toaster1582 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil Descr. Liparen in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 94 Chymneys fyrye be scorching Of Cyclopan tosters. 1861 J. Pycroft Agony Point (1862) 233 Dear Willie should be made a fag..a toaster of muffins, with no time to eat his own. 2. a. A toasting-fork. Humorously, a rapier or similar weapon. Cf. cheese-toaster n. at cheese n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > toasting-fork or implement toast-iron1483 toasting-irona1616 cheese-toaster1678 toaster1695 toast-fork1801 toasting-fork1807 toasting-jack1873 jaffle iron1981 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > sharp weapon > side arms > sword > [noun] sword971 brandOE edgeOE ironOE brandelletc1325 garec1330 toolc1386 brank1480 tranchefera1533 flatchet1577 Morglay1582 smiter1591 brandiron1596 Toledo1601 machaira1614 spit-frog1615 toasting-irona1616 spit1642 bilbo1676 porker1688 tilter1688 degen1699 spurtlec1700 toaster1751 toasting-fork1807 slasher1815 cheese-cutter1824 khanda1825 cheese-toaster1858 windlestraw1895 1695 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) II. 475 A Silver Toster to toast bread on. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxvii. 204 His assailant..desired he would lay aside his toaster [i.e. rapier], and take a bout with him at equal arms. 1838 Maginn in Fraser's Mag. XVII. 8 Sliced into steaks,..Pierced on the toaster's point. b. A kind of cheese, bread, or the like, that toasts (well or otherwise, as expressed). ΚΠ 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 i. 107 I have tasted some of these cheeses, and find them..fair toasters. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 9/2 ‘Here's toasters!’ bellows one with a Yarmouth bloater stuck on a toasting-fork. 3. An electric appliance for toasting bread; = electric toaster n. at electric adj. and n. Compounds 1b. See also pop-up n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > toasting-fork or implement > electric toaster1913 1913 Maclean's Feb. 163/1 Electric cooking appliances—the shining nickel-plated or aluminum utensils, including coffee percolators, toasters, chafing dishes, each with its long connecting cord and plug for attachment to the electric light socket. 1948 Clarke County Democrat (Grove Hill, Alabama) 2 Dec. 4/4 Frigidaire Ranges, Water Heaters, Sunbeam Mixmasters, Toasters..are here. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship x. 187 He has to have it quiet so he can fix our toaster for us. 1975 ‘C. Fremlin’ Long Shadow xi. 82 The second lot of crumpets were out of the toaster. Compounds toaster-oven n. a small oven suitable for toasting, broiling, and baking. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > stove or cooker > [noun] > oven > small oven baker1818 ovenette1919 toaster-oven1961 1961 Better Homes & Gardens Sept. 74/2 Toasters come in family-fitting styles... New dual purpose styles: a toaster-oven and a toaster-broiler. 1976 Woman's Day (N.Y.) Nov. 124 The island's taller side..houses a microwave oven, toaster-oven and..a waffle grill. 1980 Redbook Oct. 54/1 In the kitchen, use a small toaster-oven whenever possible rather than the main oven, particularly if the latter is electric. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). toastern.2 One who proposes or joins in a toast; in quot. 1896, = toast-master n. at toast n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > drinking to each other or toasting > person pledger1576 toaster1702 toast-master1749 hob-nobber1816 1702 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical (ed. 2) iv. 50 That Toaster there, is it Possible he can give a Judgment of the Beauties of a Play, while he is wholly taken up in Surveying those of the Ladies. 1720 Humourist 182 Chief Toaster at a Drinking-Match. 1896 E. P. Powell in Chicago Advance 5 Nov. 614 I would arrange that..the sophomores occupy the special place of entertainers and toasters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). toastern.3 Chiefly U.S. (in African-American usage) and Caribbean. 1. A person who recites a ‘toast’ (toast n.3 1). Cf. toast v.3 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > recitation of poetry > [noun] > one who sayer?a1400 rhapsodist1690 rhapsode1867 poetry reader1930 toaster1974 1974 Elem. Eng. 51 1095/1 The toasts may vary and can be embellished by the toaster. Such variation is possible because the toasts are part of an oral tradition. 2013 J. B. Peterson in L. King & S. Moody-Turner Contemp. Afr. Amer. Lit. viii. 169 The toast was the vehicle through which the black badman's exploits were often narrated, lionized, and identified with on the part of the teller/toaster and the audience/listener. 2. In reggae: a person (esp. a DJ) who delivers improvised rhythmic speech over a recorded rhythm track or instrumental version of a record. More generally: a DJ. Cf. toast v.3 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > shouter or toaster shouter1867 toaster1976 1976 New Musical Express 29 May 20/5 Jah Lloyd is a toaster in JA [i.e. Jamaica]..and a member of the Ethiopian Coptic Church there. 1980 Guardian 6 Nov. 9/1 Blue..is a garage mechanic by day and a ‘toaster’ for a reggae group by night. 2019 @wylie_alan 30 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 26 Apr. 2021) The mighty Lloyd Coxsone..reminiscing about the golden days of sound systems and the role of the selector and the toaster. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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