释义 |
roast·er \-tə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English roostare, from roosten, rosten to roast + -er, -ere, -are -er 1. : one that roasts something (as meat, coffee, cacao beans, or nuts) 2. : a machine or contrivance for roasting: as a. : a device for roasting coffee or peanuts b. : a pan for roasting meat c. : a furnace for roasting ore 3. : something adapted to roasting especially whole: as a. : a sucking pig b. : a young domestic fowl for table use weighing more than four pounds c. : any animal (as a rabbit) suitable for roasting 4. : burner 1a(2) 5. : scorcher 1b |