| 单词 | roast |
| 释义 | roast —roastable, adj. /rohst/, v.t. 1. to bake (meat or other food) uncovered, esp. in an oven. 2. to cook (meat or other food) by direct exposure to dry heat, as on a spit. 3. to brown, dry, or parch by exposure to heat, as coffee beans. 4. to cook or heat by embedding in hot coals, embers, etc.: to roast chestnuts. 5. to heat excessively: The summer sun has been roasting the entire countryside. 6. Metall. to heat (ore or the like) in air in order to oxidize it. 7. to warm at a hot fire: She roasted her hands over the fire. 8. Informal. to ridicule or criticize severely or mercilessly. 9. to honor with or subject to a roast: Friends roasted the star at a charity dinner. v.i. 10. to roast meat or other food. 11. to undergo the process of becoming roasted. n. 12. roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion. 13. a piece of meat for roasting. 14. something that is roasted. 15. the act or process of roasting. 16. Informal. severe criticism. 17. a facetious ceremonial tribute, usually concluding a banquet, in which the guest of honor is both praised and good-naturedly insulted in a succession of speeches by friends and acquaintances. 18. an outdoor get-together, as a picnic or barbecue, at which food is roasted and eaten: a weenie roast. adj. 19. roasted: roast beef. [1250-1300; ME rosten (v.) < OF rostir < Gmc; cf. D roosten, G rösten] |
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