3.be the toast of Broadway/Hollywood etcPOPULARto be very popular and praised by many people for something you have done in a particular field of work 百老汇/好莱坞等的大红人
4warm as toastBritish EnglishBrEHOT very warm and comfortable 温暖舒适
They sat near the fire, warm as toast.
他们坐在火边,温暖又舒适。
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warm as toast• The kerosenestove kept the room warm as toast.
5be toastinformal to be in trouble because of something you have done 自找麻烦
If you challenge her, you’re toast.
如果你和她对着来,那是自找麻烦。
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be toast• The company is toasting the success of a business that's blooming, thanks to the Elderflower and an army of pickers.• It can either be toasted in a skillettill it crackles or added directly to the dough.• His front was toasting, but icicles seemed to be lying along his back.• Despite dimwarehouse lighting, everyone can see the guyis toast.• And he was toasting this self-same happy chance in home-made elderflower wine when he first heard the chanting.• She was toasted by all of them, one after the other, seriously and without embarrassment, without even smiles.• With all this good news, fundmanagers should be toasting their prospects in 1996.
piece of toast• He also made her a piece of toast.• She went to the bread bin and seemed to be preparing to make herself a piece of toast.• The french windowsbanged and Clare came out into the garden, holding a piece of toast.• Children, especially boys, will construct a fake gun using anything from sticks to a piece of toast.• And, while they were arguing, Conradin made himself another piece of toast.• I distinctly rememberassembling on a tray some orange-topped mushrooms, a rusty bed-spring, and some blackenedpieces of toast.• She eyed the last piece of toast and rouille, decided she didn't dare look as though she wanted it.• Amy took the two pieces of toast out of the toaster and flipped them quickly on to the breadboard.
propose a toast• He stands up stiffly and proposes a toast to their old friend.• I want to propose a toast to an absent - and sorely missed - friend.
3HOTto sit near a fire to make yourself warm 〔坐在火边〕给…取暖,使暖和
Tom was toasting his feet by the fire.
汤姆在火边烘脚。
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toast• Let's toast Edward for a job well done.• I toasted him, and drank my last drink.• While he was toasting it and putting butter on it, Conradin listened to the noisesbeyond the dining-room door.• Lightly toast the nuts.• We toast the SearsTower, the tallest building in the world.
1bread麪包ADJECTIVE | ... OF TOAST | VERB + TOAST | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤brown, white, wholemeal, wholewheat (NAmE) 黑吐司;白吐司;全麥吐司▸➤dry不塗黃油的吐司➤burned烤焦的吐司➤buttered塗黃油的吐司▸➤cinnamon, French, Melba, etc.肉桂、法國、梅爾巴等吐司... OF TOAST➤piece, round, slice一塊吐司;一片吐司◇We'll have another round of toast, please.請給我們再拿一片吐司。VERB + TOAST➤make烤麪包片◇I'm making toast for breakfast.我在烤早餐吃的麪包片。➤butter, spread在烤麪包片上塗抹黃油◇buttered toast抹黃油的吐司◇She ate two slices of toast spread with honey.她吃了兩片塗有蜂蜜的烤麪包片。➤burn烤焦麪包片◇I can smell burned toast.我聞到麪包片烤糊的味兒。PREPOSITION➤on toast在烤麪包片上◇For lunch we had cheese on toast. (BrE) 我們午餐吃了奶酪烤麪包片。toast
noun²
2drink飲酒ADJECTIVE | VERB + TOAST | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤champagne香檳祝酒VERB + TOAST➤make, propose, raise (NAmE) 祝酒◇He raised his glass as if to make a toast.他舉起酒杯好像要祝酒。➤drink乾杯PREPOSITION➤toast to向⋯祝酒◇The bridegroom ended his speech by proposing a toast to the hosts.新郎向主持人敬酒結束了他的講話。toast
verb¹
1make sth brown and crisp by heating it烘烤ADVERB➤lightly輕微烘烤◇Toast the bread lightly on both sides.把麪包兩面都微微烘烤一下。toast
verb²
2drink to sb/sth敬酒PREPOSITION➤with以⋯祝酒◇We toasted his victory with champagne.我們用香檳為他的勝利乾杯。