| 释义 |
toast/təʊst/ n. & v.●n. 1 bread in slices browned on both sides by radiant heat (通过辐射热使两边呈焦黄色的)烤面包片，吐司 2a a person (originally esp. a woman) or thing in whose honour a company is requested to drink 受祝酒的人(或事物)；极受敬慕的人(最早尤指妇女) b a call to drink or an instance of drinking in this way 祝酒，敬酒；干杯 ●v. 1 tr. cook or brown (bread, a teacake, cheese, etc.) by radiant heat 烤，烘(面包、茶点、奶酪等) 2 intr. (of bread etc.) become brown in this way (面包等)烤得焦黄 3 tr. warm (one's feet, oneself, etc.) at a fire etc. 使(脚或身体等)烤暖和 4 tr. drink to the health or in honour of (a person or thing) 为(某人或某事物)举杯祝酒 □ have a person on toast Brit. colloq. be in a position to deal with a person as one wishes [英口]任意摆布某人 [Middle English (originally as verb) from Old French toster ‘roast’, ultimately from Latin torrēre tost- ‘parch’: sense 2 of the noun reflects the notion that a woman's name flavours the drink as spiced toast would] |