with obj.
1- cook (food, especially meat) by prolonged exposure to heat in an oven or over a fire烤, 炙; 烘（食物, 尤指肉）：
she was going to roast a leg of mutton for Sunday dinner
她打算为星期天的正餐烤一只羊腿
as adj. roasted roasted chestnuts.烤栗子。
1.1
- no obj.(of food) be cooked in such a way（食物）烤, 炙; 烘：
she checked the meat roasting in the oven for lunch.
她查看了正在炉子上烤的午餐吃的肉。
1.2
- process (a foodstuff, metal ore, etc.) by subjecting it to intense heat烘干, 烘焙（食品原料, 金属矿等）：
decaffeinated coffee beans are roasted and ground.
脱去了咖啡因的咖啡豆被烘干并磨碎。
1.3
- make (someone or something) very warm, especially by exposure to the heat of the sun or a fire（尤指通过暴露在太阳下或炉火前）使受热发烫; 使十分暖热：
the fire was hot enough to roast anyone who stood close to it.
炉火热得使站在旁边的人感到发烫。
1.4
- no obj. become very hot变热, 发烫：
Jessica could feel her face begin to roast.
杰西卡感到她的脸开始发烫。
1.5
- torture by exposure to fire or great heat以火刑折磨：
a fresco of St Catherine being roasted on a wheel.
一幅绘有圣凯瑟琳在轮子上被火刑折磨的壁画。
1.6
- criticize or reprimand severely严厉批评, 斥责：
if you waste his time he'll roast you.
如果你浪费他的时间, 他会严厉批评你。
1.7
- N. Amer. informal tease in a good-natured way〈北美, 非正式〉和善地戏弄。
attrib.
- (of food) having been cooked in an oven or over an open fire（食物）烤过的; 烘过的：
a plate of cold roast beef.
一盘烤过的冷牛肉。
1
- a joint of meat that has been roasted or that is intended for roasting（大块）烤肉; 待烤的肉：
carving the Sunday roast.
把星期天要烤的肉切片。
1.1
- a dish or meal of roasted food一盘烘烤物; 一餐烘烤物。
1.2
- mass noun the process of roasting something, especially coffee, or the result of this烤, 炙; 烘（尤指咖啡）; 烘烤过的东西（尤指咖啡）。
1.3
- with adj. a particular type of roasted coffee（某种）烘过的咖啡：
continental roasts.
（欧洲）大陆式烘烤咖啡。
1.4
- an outdoor party at which meat, especially of a particular type, is roasted烧烤野餐会：
Harold put on a terrific pig roast.
哈罗德搞了一次了不起的烤猪肉野餐会。
词源
Middle English: from Old French rostir, of West Germanic origin.