1
- mass noun sliced bread browned on both sides by exposure to radiant heat, such as a grill or fire烤面包（片）, 吐司。
2
- a call to a gathering of people to raise their glasses and drink together in honour of a person or thing, or an instance of drinking in this way干杯; 敬酒, 祝酒：
he raised his glass in a toast to his son.
他举起酒杯向儿子祝酒。
2.1
- in sing. a person or thing that is very popular or held in high regard by a particular group of people极受敬慕的人（或事物）：
he found himself the toast of the baseball world.
他发现自己成了棒球界备受推崇的人。
with obj.
1
- cook or brown (food, especially bread or cheese) by exposure to a grill, fire, or other source of radiant heat烤, 烘（食品, 尤指面包、干酪）：
he sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread
他坐在火边烤一片面包
as adj. toasted a toasted cheese sandwich.烤奶酪三明治。
1.1
- no obj.(of food) cook or become brown in this way（食品）烤熟, 烘熟：
place under a hot grill until the nuts have toasted.
把坚果放在热烘烘的煤气炉燃烧器下直到烤熟为止。
1.2
- warm (oneself or part of one's body) in front of a fire or other source or heat使暖和。
2
- drink to the health or in honour of (someone or something) by raising one's glass together with others为…举杯祝酒（或干杯）：
happy families toasting each other's health
举杯互祝健康的欢乐家庭
figurative 〈喻〉he is toasted by the trade as the outstanding dealer in children's books.
他被同行尊为出色的儿童书籍商人。
短语
be toast
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. be or be likely to become finished, defunct, or dead〈非正式, 主北美〉完蛋了, 倒霉了：
one mistake and you're toast.
只要犯一个错误, 你就完了。
have someone on toast
- Brit. informal be in a position to deal with someone as one wishes〈英, 非正式〉任意摆布某人。
词源
late Middle English （as a verb in the sense 'burn as the sun does， parch'）： from Old French toster'roast'， from Latin torrere'parch'. The practice of drinking a toast (sense 2) goes back to the late 17th cent., and originated in naming a lady whose health the company was requested to drink， the idea being that the lady's name flavoured the drink like the pieces of spiced toast that were formerly placed in drinks such as wine.