toast
US: /ˈtoʊst/
UK: /tˈəʊst/
UK: /tˈəʊst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
toast /toust/
- danh từ
- bánh mì nướng
- as warm as a toast
- (từ lóng) hoàn toàn định đoạt số phận ai
- động từ
- nướng
- sưởi ấm (chân tay...)
- danh từ
- chén rượu chúc mừng
- to give a toast: chuốc rượu mừng, nâng cốc chúc mừng
- người được nâng cốc chúc mừng
- chén rượu chúc mừng
- ngoại động từ
- chuốc rượu mừng, nâng cốc chúc mừng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [U] slices of bread that have been made brown and crisp by heating them on both sides in a toaster or under a GRILL: cheese on toast + a piece of toast + two slices / rounds of toast
See also -
2 [C] ~ (to sb/sth) the act of a group of people wishing sb happiness, success, etc. by drinking a glass of sth, especially alcohol, at the same time: I'd like to propose a toast to the bride and groom. + The committee drank a toast to the new project.
3 [sing.] the ~ of ... a person who is praised by a lot of people in a particular place because of sth that they have done well: The performance made her the toast of the festival.
+ verb
1 [VN] to lift a glass of wine, etc. in the air and drink it at the same time as other people in order to wish sb/sth success, happiness, etc: The happy couple were toasted in champagne. + We toasted the success of the new company.
2 to make sth, especially bread, turn brown by heating it in a toaster or close to heat; to turn brown in this way: [VN] The buns should be served lightly toasted. + a toasted sandwich + [V] Place under a hot grill until the nuts have toasted.
3 [VN] to warm a part of your body by placing it near a fire: He sat toasting his feet in front of the fire.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 tribute, pledge, salutation(s), greeting(s), felicitations, honour, good wishes, appreciation, remembrance(s), cheers:
The speaker proposed a toast to the editor-in-chief.
2 heroine, hero, favourite, darling, idol:
Jenny was the toast of the town.
v.
3 pay tribute to, salute, drink to, honour, greet, congratulate, felicitate:
We toasted our fallen comrades.
Collocation dictionary
1 bread
ADJ.
brown, white, wholemeal | dry | soggy
QUANT.
piece, round, slice
We'll have another round of toast, please.
VERB + TOAST
make
making toast for breakfast
| butter, spread
buttered toast She ate two slices of toast spread with jam.
| burn
I can smell burnt toast.
PREP.
on ~
For lunch we had cheese on toast.
2 drink
VERB + TOAST
make, propose
He raised his glass as if to make a toast.
| drink | respond to
PREP.
~ to
The bridegroom ended his speech by proposing a toast to the hosts.
1 make sth brown and crisp by heating it
ADV.
lightly
Toast the bread lightly on both sides.
2 drink to sb/sth
ADV.
silently
He raised his glass, silently toasting his absent son.
PREP.
in/with
We toasted his victory in champagne.
Concise English dictionary
toasts|toasted|toastingtəʊst
noun
+slices of bread that have been toasted
+a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention
+a person in desperate straits; someone doomed
+a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
verb
+make brown and crisp by heating
+propose a toast to
