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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

roast [rəust]
  1. 1. noun [c] (meat dish) 烤肉
  2. 2. vt. [+food]
  3. 3. vt. [+coffee] 烘焙
  4. 4. vt. 用法参见 cook

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

roast [rəʊst]
  1. 1. vt. 烤,炙
  2. 2. vt. 嘲讽挖苦
    His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday.
    这名教授以前的学生在他60岁生日庆祝会挖苦他。
  3. 3. verb 使取暖晒太阳
  4. 4. n.[c] 烤肉用来烤的肉
  5. 5. n.[c/u] 批评嘲讽
  6. 6. adjective 烤制的,烘焙

Collins English-English Dictionary

roast [rəυst]
  1. 1. vb [mainly tr] to cook (meat or other food) by dry heat, usually with added fat and esp in an oven
  2. 2. vb to brown or dry (coffee, etc) by exposure to heat
  3. 3. vb [metallurgy] to heat (an ore) in order to produce a concentrate that is easier to smelt
  4. 4. vb to heat (oneself or something) to an extreme degree, as when sunbathing, sitting before the fire, etc
  5. 5. vi. [intr] to be excessively and uncomfortably hot
  6. 6. vi. [Spoken] to criticize severely
  7. 7. n something that has been roasted, esp meat
  8. 8. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French rostir, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch roosten to roast

Examples

roast turkey and all the fixings
烤火鸡及配料
Beijing Roast duck is to die for.
北京烤鸭真的很美味。
roast beef
烤牛肉
For his birthday party, John had a wiener roast in his back yard.
为庆祝生日,约翰在她家后面的院子里搞了个烤香肠聚会。
The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire.
烤羊肉在火中的炙叉上旋转。
the guests dined upon roast beef
roast beef was a speciality of the house
roast beef was a specialty of the house

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