roast
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(ergative, intransitive, transitive)(transitive or intransitive or ergative) To cook food by heating in an oven or over a fire without covering, resulting in a crisp, possibly even slightly charred appearance.
to roast meat on a spit
- 2.
(transitive)To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
to roast a potato in ashes
- 3.
(ergative, intransitive, transitive)(transitive or intransitive or ergative) To process by drying through exposure to sun or artificial heat.
Coffee beans need roasting before use.
to roast chestnuts or peanuts
- 4.
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
- 5.
(figuratively, transitive)To admonish someone vigorously.
I'm late home for the fourth time this week; my mate will really roast me this time.
- 6.
(figuratively, transitive)To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
He roasted a bully who then fought with him.
The class clown enjoys being roasted by mates as well as staff.
- 7.
(metalworking) To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
Near-synonym: joint
Serve the roast with gravy and mashed potatoes.
Đồng nghĩa: joint
- 2.
A meal consisting of roast foods.
Come over this weekend for Sunday roast.
- 3.
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
Dark roast means that the coffee bean has been roasted to a higher temperature and for a longer period of time than in light roast.
- 4.
An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
- 5.
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
- 6.
(Canada, US)A social event at which food is roasted and eaten.
On Memorial Day we hosted a wiener roast in the backyard.
- 7.
(slang)A creative insult as a response to something someone said.
Đồng nghĩa: burn
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Having been cooked by roasting.
Đồng nghĩa: roasted
- 2.
(figuratively, not comparable)Subjected to roasting; bantered; severely criticized.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English rosten, a borrowing from Old French rostir (to roast, to torture with fire), from *rōstijan (to roast, broil), from Proto-Germanic *raustijaną (to roast), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrews- (to crackle; roast). Cognate with rosterje, roosten, roosteren (to roast), rösten.