English Dictionary

toast

/təʊst/

noun

(uncountable) Toasted bread. / (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

I like to have toast for breakfast.

意味（1）

(uncountable) Toasted bread.

Tea was a very special institution, revolving as it did around the ceremony and worship of Toast. In [public schools] where alcohol, tobacco and drugs were forbidden, it was essential that something should take their place as a powerful and public totem of virility and cool. Toast, for reasons lost in time, was the substance chosen.

意味（2）

(countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.

At the reception, there were many toasts from the well-wishers.

意味（3）

(countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or group held in similar esteem.

He was the toast of high society.

意味（4）

(slang, chiefly US, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction, harm or injury.

If I ever get my hands on the guy that stole my wallet, he’s toast!

意味（5）

(slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

意味（6）

(computing, graphical user interface) A transient, informational pop-up window.

Coordinate term: snackbar