toast

• n. 幹杯；烤麵包；接受敬酒的人；（在某領域）廣受讚譽的人
• vt. 向…祝酒，為…幹杯
• vi. 烤火，取暖；使暖和；烘烤（麵包片等）

來自 古法 語 toster, 烤火 ， 烤 麵包， -st, 過去 分詞 格， 來 自拉 丁語 torrere, 燃燒 ， 詞 源同 torrid,terracotta.拚寫比較 roast,roster.後引申詞義幹杯，祝酒，致辭等，最初用於祝願漂亮女 人或受歡迎的女人永遠健康美麗，據說是來自中世紀流傳的一個小故事，在英國著名的巴斯 溫泉度假村，有一位美女在泡溫泉，然後一個紳士（或假紳士真色狼）想去搭訕這個美女， 於是就想出了一個妙招，拿起一個杯子在美女沐浴過的水池裏麵舀了一杯水，然後說，您真 美麗，祝您永遠健康，潛台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 故事到此結束了。故事雖然美麗，但實際情況更可能是來自麵包的比喻義，因這種麵包當時 用於增加酒的香味，因此，舉杯前說一段祝酒辭能更好的增加宴會的品味。

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，提議為新婚夫婦幹杯。

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

史蒂夫打開幾瓶香檳酒慶功。

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

他向來賓祝酒，圓滿結束了活動。

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

咖啡沒有動過，吐司已經涼了。

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5. Mrs. Madrigal buttered another piece of toast.

馬德裏加爾夫人給另一片烤麵包塗上了黃油。

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