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单词 toast
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
toast1 /toʊst/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. sliced bread browned by dry heat.

v. 
  1. (of bread, etc.) to (cause to) become brown by dry heat: [+ object]to toast a few slices of bread.[no object]This bread doesn't toast well.
  2. [+ object] to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire, as one's hands or feet.

toast2 /toʊst/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a few words of welcome, congratulations, etc., said just before drinking (usually, an alcoholic beverage) to honor a person, event, etc.:I propose a toast to all our good friends gathered here tonight.
  2. a person, event, etc., honored with raised glasses before drinking.
  3. a person, esp. an entertainer, who is widely celebrated or famous:[usually singular* the + ~ + of]She was the toast of five countries.

v. [+ object]
  1. to propose or drink a toast to or in honor of:They toasted the newlyweds.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
toast1 (tōst),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
  2. be toast, [Slang.]to be or become someone who is doomed or ruined;
    get into trouble:If you come here again, you're toast!

v.t. 
  1. to brown, as bread or cheese, by exposure to heat.
  2. to heat or warm thoroughly at a fire:She toasted her feet at the fireplace.

v.i. 
  1. to become toasted.
  • *torstos), past participle of torrēre to parch, roast, from a base *tors-, akin to Gothic thaursus, Old Norse thurr dry; (noun, nominal) late Middle English to(o)ste, derivative of the verb, verbal; see torrid, thirst
  • Vulgar Latin *tostāre, derivative of Latin tostus (
  • Middle French toster
  • (verb, verbal) Middle English to(o)sten 1350–1400

toast2 (tōst),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. a salutation or a few words of congratulation, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance, etc., uttered immediately before drinking to a person, event, etc.
  2. a person, event, sentiment, or the like, in honor of whom another or others raise their glasses in salutation and then drink.
  3. an act or instance of thus drinking:They drank a toast to the queen.
  4. a call on another or others to drink to some person or thing.
  5. a person who is celebrated as with the spirited homage of a toast:She was the toast of five continents.

v.t. 
  1. to drink to the health of or in honor of;
    propose a toast to or in honor of.
  2. to propose as a toast.

v.i. 
  1. to propose or drink a toast.
  • 1690–1700; fig. use of toast1 (noun, nominal); the name of a lady so honored was said to give flavor to the drink comparable to that given by spiced toast

toast1, +n. 
  1. Slang Terms be toast, to be doomed, ruined, or in trouble:If you're late to work again, you're toast!

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
toast /təʊst/ n
  1. sliced bread browned by exposure to heat, usually under a grill, over a fire, or in a toaster
  2. be toastinformal to face certain destruction or defeat
vb
  1. (transitive) to brown under a grill or over a fire: to toast cheese
  2. to warm or be warmed in a similar manner: to toast one's hands by the fire
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French toster, from Latin tōstus parched, baked from torrēre to dry with heat; see thirst, torrid
toast /təʊst/ n
  1. a tribute or proposal of health, success, etc, given to a person or thing by a company of people and marked by raising glasses and drinking together
  2. a person or thing honoured by such a tribute or proposal
  3. (esp formerly) an attractive woman to whom such tributes are frequently made
vb
  1. to propose or drink a toast to (a person or thing)
  2. (intransitive) to add vocal effects to a prerecorded track: a disc-jockey technique
    See also rap1
Etymology: 17th Century (in the sense: a lady to whom the company is asked to drink): from toast1,from the idea that the name of the lady would flavour the drink like a piece of spiced toast

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