词典释义：
[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。
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
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he raised his glass in a toast to his son .他举起酒杯向儿子祝酒。
[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）
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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。
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）
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he sat by the fire and toasted a piece of bread 他坐在火边烤一片面包
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[as adj.
toasted ]a toasted cheese sandwich .烤奶酪三明治。
[no obj.](of food)cook or become brown in this way
（食品）烤熟，烘熟
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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。
warm (oneself or part of one's body) in front of a fire or other source or heat
使暖和。
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）
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happy families toasting each other's health 举杯互祝健康的欢乐家庭
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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。
(of a DJ)accompany a reggae backing track or music with improvised rhythmic speech
（音乐主持人）用即兴演讲配以雷盖音乐。
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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
"late Middle English （as a verb in the sense ‘burn as the sun does, parch’）： from Old French
