toast
noun uk/təʊst/ us/toʊst/
(BREAD)
A2 [ U ]烤面包片，吐司
sliced bread made warm, crisp (= hard enough to break), and brown by being put near a high heat
a slice of toast 一块烤面包片
I have toast and jam for breakfast. 我早饭吃烤面包片和果酱。
I'm having beans on toast for supper. 晚饭我吃烤面包片加豆子。
- More examples
- As it was a cold morning, she stoked up on bacon, eggs and beans on toast.
- They breakfasted hurriedly on tea and toast.
- She spread her toast with a thick layer of butter.
(DRINK)
C1 [ C ]祝酒;干杯
an expression of good wishes or respect for someone that involves holding up and then drinking from a glass of alcohol, especially wine, after a short speech
Now, if you'd all please raise your glasses, I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and groom. 现在请大家都举起杯来，我提议为新娘新郎干杯。
Champagne corks popped and the guests drank a toast to the happy couple. 香槟酒瓶砰地打开了，客人们举杯为这对幸福的伉俪干杯。
Idioms
be toastidiom informal完蛋，遭殃
to be likely to be unsuccessful, destroyed, or dead
If I don't agree to do what they ask, I'm toast. 如果我不同意按他们的要求做，我就完蛋了。
the toast of somethingidiom old-fashioned 受…敬慕的人
The toast of a particular place is a person who is very much admired there for something they have recently done
Not so long ago Diana was a little-known actress playing in a provincial theatre - these days she's the toast of New York/the town. 不久以前戴安娜还是一个在地方剧院演出的鲜为人知的演员——而现在她已经成了纽约／城里备受推崇的人物。
toast
verb [ T ] uk/təʊst/ us/toʊst/
(HEAT)
烤，烘
to make bread or other food warm, crisp (= hard enough to break), and brown by putting it near a high heat
Do you want this bread toasted? 你要把这块面包烤一烤吗？
The sandwich was served on lightly toasted ciabatta. 三明治是用稍稍烤过的脆皮的意大利面包做的。
informal使暖和，给…烤火
to warm yourself or part of your body
He's just toasting his feet by the fire. 他正在火旁烤脚。
(DRINK)
为…干杯
to hold up your glass and then drink as an expression of good wishes or respect
We toasted the happy couple. 我们为这对幸福的伉俪干杯。