toasts

英 [təʊsts]

美 [toʊsts]

n.  烤面包片; 吐司; 干杯; 祝酒; 敬酒; (在某领域)广受赞誉的人，有口皆碑的人
v.  为…举杯敬酒; 为…干杯; 烤(尤指面包); 把…烤得焦黄; 烤火; 取暖; 使暖和
toast的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 吐司;烤面包片
  Toastis bread which has been cut into slices and made brown and crisp by cooking at a high temperature.
  1. ...a piece of toast.
     一片吐司
• VERB 烤，烘(面包等)
  When youtoastsomething such as bread, you cook it at a high temperature so that it becomes brown and crisp.
  1. Toast the bread lightly on both sides.
     稍稍烘烤面包两面。
  2. ...a toasted sandwich.
     烤三明治
• N-COUNT 干杯;祝酒
  When you drink atoast tosomeone or something, you drink some wine or another alcoholic drink as a symbolic gesture, in order to show your appreciation of them or to wish them success.
  1. Eleanor and I drank a toast to Miss Jacobs...
     我和埃莉诺向雅各布斯小姐敬酒。
  2. At the end of the meal Burgoyne was asked to propose a toast.
     用餐终了，伯戈因被邀请致祝酒词。
• VERB 为…干杯;向…祝酒
  When youtoastsomeone or something, you drink a toast to them.
  1. Party officials and generals toasted his health...
     政党官员与军队将领为他的健康举杯祝酒。
  2. They toasted her in champagne.
     他们以香槟为她干杯。
• N-SING 深受敬慕的人;最受推崇的人
  If someone isthe toast ofa place, they are very popular and greatly admired there, because they have done something very successfully or well.
  1. She was the toast of Paris.
     她是巴黎最受推崇的人。
• PHRASE 完蛋，遭殃
  If someoneis toast, you mean that they are certain to be defeated or destroyed.
  1. They know how to control, restrict and, if need be, throttle access, important to newspapers and absolutely vital to radio and television. And if you don't play the game, you're toast.
     他们知道怎样控制、限制信息获取途径，而且如果需要，还会将其完全阻断，而这些途径对报纸来说很重要，对广播、电视更是极其关键。如果你不遵守游戏规则，你就完蛋了。

双语例句

• At the beginning of the dinner both of you toasted me to show welcome, and now I would like to reply to your toasts.
  格晚宴一开始你们二位都向我敬酒表示欢迎，现在我想回敬你们一杯。
• One may propose a toast at any time throughout the meal, and making several toasts to one person is acceptable as well.
  在宴席上饮酒的过程中，随时都可以敬酒，而且可以向同一个人多次敬酒。
• This romantic sentiment may sound like the message on a greeting card, but it now makes its way into wedding speeches and toasts.
  这句情话感觉象贺卡上的短语，实际上，这句话进入了婚礼，也成了祝酒词。
• In recent times, toasts have become rude, perfunctory and vulgar, reflecting a general fall in manners and eloquence.
  近来，敬酒变得粗鲁、率而又庸俗，这表明人们的礼节和口才大不如前。
• The dinner was an extremely pompous occasion, with speeches and formal toasts.
  这个晚宴是个非常气派的场合，又有致辞又有正式的祝酒。
• And the congratulations afterward and the kissing and the toasts and the dancing& all, all like a dream.
  然后是祝贺，是干杯，是亲吻，是跳舞&一切的一切都像是在梦中。
• After that, I lost track of the toasts as everybody started toasting with me, though thankfully I was allowed to switch to wine.
  在那之后我就完全不记得自己干了多少杯了，大家都开始跟我敬酒，也互相敬。不过还好我获准换成了红酒。
• Origins: Many explanations have been advanced to explain our custom of clinking glasses when participating in toasts.
  起源：喝酒碰杯的习俗有很多种解释。
• The speeches and the clash of toasts dwindled to murmuring and tinkling. A fatal mistake made by the fundamental trader is to take small profits.
  而致辞声和觥筹交错的祝酒声也变小了，成了嘟囔和叮当作响之声。初学交易的人的一个致命的错误是稍有赢利就出手。
• It is traditional to make toasts on New Year's Eve as well.
  在除夕之夜烤制面包也是一项传统。