Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #12050
roast
烤；烘烤
To cook food with dry heat, such as in an oven or over a fire.
- 1.
To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.
通过热煤、灰烬、沙子等包围来烹饪
- 2.
To heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn.
过度加热；猛烈加热；烧焦
- 3.
To admonish someone vigorously.
严厉地训斥某人
- 4.
To subject to bantering, severely criticize, sometimes as a comedy routine.
进行戏谑,严厉批评,有时作为喜剧表演
- 5.
To dissipate the volatile parts of by heat, as ores.
通过加热挥发矿石中的挥发成分
使过热；烧灼；烤焦；（善意的）挖苦；吐槽；痛批；训斥；严责；焙烧；通过热煤、灰烬、沙子等包围来烹饪
In use
My friends roasted me for my terrible singing at the karaoke party.
We roasted a chicken with herbs and garlic for Sunday dinner.
She is roasting vegetables in the oven right now.
Verb forms
base roast · third person roasts · -ing roasting · past roasted · past participle roasted
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加ed。
Connections
Collocations
- roast a chicken
- 烤一只鸡
- I roasted a chicken for dinner.我晚餐烤了一只鸡。
- roast in the oven
- 在烤箱里烤
- Roast the carrots in the oven for thirty minutes.把胡萝卜在烤箱里烤三十分钟。
- roast over an open fire
- 在明火上烤
- We roasted marshmallows over an open fire.我们在明火上烤了棉花糖。
- roast coffee beans
- 烘焙咖啡豆
- They roast coffee beans locally to keep them fresh.他们在本地烘焙咖啡豆以保持新鲜。
- roast someone
- （善意地）取笑某人；严厉批评某人
- My friends roasted me for wearing that silly hat.朋友们因为我戴了那顶傻帽子而拿我开涮。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：roast 开头像‘肉’，烤肉时火太猛会烤焦；同样，严厉吐槽就像把对方‘烤’得焦头烂额。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、recipes、campfire、barbecue roast 表示“烤、烘烤”时，通常用于烹饪场景，比如用烤箱烤制或用热煤、热灰等烘烤食物；语气中性，在菜谱、做饭讨论等场合很常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Roast (/roʊst/) rhymes with all the listed words, which share the /oʊst/ sound. Note the spelling difference: toast, boast, and coast end in 'oast', while ghost, host, and most end in 'ost'. Beware lookalikes such as roost (/ruːst/), broad (/brɔːd/), and lost (/lɔːst/); they look similar but do not rhyme with roast.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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