a roast
作可数名词，指一块烤好的肉或一顿烤肉餐。
We're having a roast for Sunday dinner.
我们周日晚餐吃烤肉。
烤肉；烤用肉块；烤肉餐
roasts — plural of roast
烘焙程度；吐槽大会；戏谑式致敬；严厉批评；抨击；适合烤制的肉块；已烤好的肉；由烤制食物组成的一餐
A piece of meat suited to roasting or that has been roasted; also, a meal made of roast food.
适合烤制的肉块；已烤好的肉
A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.
由烤制食物组成的一餐
A meal consisting of roast foods.
(尤指咖啡的)烘焙程度
The degree to which something, especially coffee, is roasted.
受严厉告诫、批评或调侃的实例
An instance of being severely admonished, criticized, roasted.
一种喜剧活动,源于兄弟会传统,某人成为言语攻击的对象,但也可通过讽刺和玩笑获得赞誉
A comical event, originally fraternal, where a person is subjected to verbal attack, yet may be praised by sarcasm and jokes.
We had a delicious roast for Sunday dinner.
我们周日晚餐吃了美味的烤肉。
用法提示：此处roast是名词，指一大块烤肉。
She bought a large roast from the butcher.
她从肉铺买了一大块烤肉。
用法提示：roast作名词，指从肉店买来的待烤的肉块。
The roast was cooked to perfection.
这块烤肉烤得恰到好处。
用法提示：roast作名词，指已经烤好的肉。
作可数名词，指一块烤好的肉或一顿烤肉餐。
We're having a roast for Sunday dinner.
我们周日晚餐吃烤肉。
指咖啡等食物的烘焙程度。
She always buys a dark roast.
她总是买深烘焙的咖啡。
roast 指以玩笑和讽刺调侃某人的喜剧活动。
The show was a roast of a famous actor.
这场演出是对一位著名演员的吐槽大会。
英式英语中可替换 roast 指“大块烤肉”，但更强调整块生肉；美式英语较少这样用。
范围比 roast 广，可指任何切下的肉块，不一定烤过；只有上下文明确指烤肉时才可替换。
grammar · medium
易错句子She bought two roast for the party.
正确表达She bought two roasts for the party.
表示“一整块适合烤的肉、一块烤肉”时，roast 是可数名词，前面有数词 two 时名词必须变复数 roasts。汉语名词本身不标复数，只靠数词表达数量，所以学习者常常忘记加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子They held roast for the retiring coach.
正确表达They held a roast for the retiring coach.
roast 作“吐槽大会、戏谑式致敬活动”这一可数名词，单数泛指一类活动时必须加不定冠词 a/an，即 a roast。汉语没有冠词系统，学习者容易漏掉 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子I bought a roast meat for Sunday dinner.
正确表达I bought a roast for Sunday dinner.
roast 本身就可作名词，指“一整块适合烤或已烤好的肉”，不必再加 meat；roast meat 是泛指“烤肉”的不可数表达，不能与 a 连用表示一整块肉。
此反义词对应 roast 表示“严厉批评、奚落”的名词义项（如 a roast in the press）；其他义项如“烤肉、咖啡烘焙程度、吐槽大会”通常没有严格反义词。
周日烤肉餐
We had a traditional Sunday roast at my grandmother's house.
我们在祖母家吃了传统的周日烤肉餐。
炖肉；焖肉
She made a pot roast for dinner with carrots and potatoes.
她晚餐做了炖肉，配上胡萝卜和土豆。
烤用牛肉块
The recipe calls for a three-pound beef roast.
这个食谱需要三磅重的烤牛肉块。
深烘焙咖啡（豆）
I prefer a dark roast in the morning.
早上我更喜欢深烘焙咖啡。
名人吐槽大会
The comedy special was a celebrity roast of a famous actor.
那部喜剧特辑是一场针对某位知名演员的名人吐槽大会。
常与roast搭配的肉类，常见于节日烤肉餐。
吃烤肉时常用动作，与roast的烤肉义相关。
烤肉时或烤肉后浇上的调味汁。
roast可指包含烤肉的一餐，常与dinner搭配。
烤制肉类或咖啡豆常用的器具。
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