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.