• n. 干杯；烤面包；接受敬酒的人；（在某領(lǐng)域）廣受贊譽(yù)的人
• vt. 向…祝酒，為…干杯
• vi. 烤火，取暖；使暖和；烘烤（面包片等）

來(lái)自 古法 語(yǔ) toster, 烤火 ， 烤 面包， -st, 過(guò)去 分詞 格， 來(lái) 自拉 丁語(yǔ) torrere, 燃燒 ， 詞 源同 torrid,terracotta.拼寫(xiě)比較 roast,roster.后引申詞義干杯，祝酒，致辭等，最初用于祝愿漂亮女 人或受歡迎的女人永遠(yuǎn)健康美麗，據(jù)說(shuō)是來(lái)自中世紀(jì)流傳的一個(gè)小故事，在英國(guó)著名的巴斯 溫泉度假村，有一位美女在泡溫泉，然后一個(gè)紳士（或假紳士真色狼）想去搭訕這個(gè)美女， 于是就想出了一個(gè)妙招，拿起一個(gè)杯子在美女沐浴過(guò)的水池里面舀了一杯水，然后說(shuō)，您真 美麗，祝您永遠(yuǎn)健康，潛臺(tái)詞就是我是真的仰慕您的美麗，您的洗澡水都讓我如此著迷，但 故事到此結(jié)束了。故事雖然美麗，但實(shí)際情況更可能是來(lái)自面包的比喻義，因這種面包當(dāng)時(shí) 用于增加酒的香味，因此，舉杯前說(shuō)一段祝酒辭能更好的增加宴會(huì)的品味。

toast

toast: [14] Toast comes via Old French toster ‘roast, grill’ from Vulgar Latin *tostāre, a derivative of the past participle of Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English torrid). Its use as a noun, meaning ‘toasted bread’, dates from the 15th century. It was common to put sippets or croutons of spiced toast into drinks to improve their flavour, and it was the custom of gallants in the 17th century, when (as they frequently did) they drank the health of ladies, to say that the name of the lady in question enhanced the flavour of their drink better than any toast.

That is supposedly the origin of the use of the term toast for ‘drinking someone’s health’.
=> thirst, torrent, torrid

toast (v.1)

"to brown with heat," late 14c., from Old French toster "to toast, to grill, roast, burn" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tostare (source of Italian tostare, Spanish tostar), frequentative of Latin torrere (past participle tostus) "to parch" (see terrain). Related: Toasted; toasting.

toast (v.2)

"to propose or drink a toast," 1700, from toast (n.1). This probably is the source of the Jamaican and U.S. black word meaning "extemporaneous narrative poem or rap" (1962). Related: Toasted; toasting.

toast (n.1)

"a call to drink to someone's health," 1700 (but said by Steele, 1709, to date to the reign of Charles II), originally referring to the beautiful or popular woman whose health is proposed and drunk. The custom apparently has its origin in the use of spiced toast (n.2) to flavor drink, the lady being regarded as figuratively adding piquancy to the wine in which her health was drunk. Steele's story ["Tatler," No. 24] is that an (unnamed) beauty of the day was taking the cold waters at Bath, when a gentleman dipped his cup in the water and drank it to her health; another in his company wittily (or drunkenly) replied that, while he did not care for the drink, he would gladly enjoy the toast. Meaning "one whose health is proposed and drunk to" is from 1746. Toast-master attested from 1749.

toast (n.2)

"piece of bread browned by fire or dry heat," early 15c., from toast (v.1); originally as something added to wine, ale, etc. From 17c. in the modern sense as something eaten on its own with a spread. Slang meaning "a goner, person or thing already doomed or destroyed" is recorded by 1987, perhaps from notion of computer circuits being "fried," and with unconscious echoes of earlier figurative phrase to be had on toast (1886) "to be served up for eating."

1. Lavalais raised his glass to propose a toast to the newlyweds.

拉瓦雷舉起酒杯，提議為新婚夫婦干杯。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Steve uncorked bottles of champagne to toast the achievement.

史蒂夫打開(kāi)幾瓶香檳酒慶功。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. He rounds off by proposing a toast to the attendants.

他向來(lái)賓祝酒，圓滿結(jié)束了活動(dòng)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. The coffee was untouched, the toast had cooled.

咖啡沒(méi)有動(dòng)過(guò)，吐司已經(jīng)涼了。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. Mrs. Madrigal buttered another piece of toast.

馬德里加爾夫人給另一片烤面包涂上了黃油。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句