toast

• n. 乾杯する；乾杯する；乾杯を受ける人；（ある分野で）広く称賛される人
• vt. 乾杯する、乾杯する
• vi. ローストする、温める；（パンなどを）トーストする

古フランス語の toster, to roast, toast, bread, -st, 過去分詞, ラテン語の torrere, to burn, 語源は torrid, terracotta と同じ, スペル比較の roast, roster。これは中世に流布した小話に由来すると言われている。イギリスの有名なバース?スパ?リゾートで、温泉の中に美しい女性がいて、ある紳士（あるいは偽紳士本物のセックス?マニア）がこの美しい女性を口説き落としたいと思ったので、彼は素晴らしいトリックを思いつき、プールの中で入浴している美しい女性の中にあるコップを手に取り、水の入ったコップをすくい上げ、そして言った。「あなたはとても美しい、私はあなたの永遠の健康を祈っています。サブテキストは、私はあなたの美しさに本当に感心しているということです。あなたの入浴のお湯は私をとても魅了します。サブテキストは、私は本当にあなたの美しさに感嘆し、あなたのお風呂のお湯が私をとても魅了するということですが、物語はここで終わります。物語が美しいだけに、現実は、ワインに風味を加えるために使われたパンの比喩から来る可能性が高い。グラスを掲げる前の乾杯が、パーティーの味をさらに引き立てるように。

toast

toast: [14] Toast comes via Old French toster ‘roast, grill’ from Vulgar Latin *tostāre, a derivative of the past participle of Latin torrēre ‘parch’ (source of English torrid). Its use as a noun, meaning ‘toasted bread’, dates from the 15th century. It was common to put sippets or croutons of spiced toast into drinks to improve their flavour, and it was the custom of gallants in the 17th century, when (as they frequently did) they drank the health of ladies, to say that the name of the lady in question enhanced the flavour of their drink better than any toast.

That is supposedly the origin of the use of the term toast for ‘drinking someone’s health’.
=> thirst, torrent, torrid

toast (v.1)

"to brown with heat," late 14c., from Old French toster "to toast, to grill, roast, burn" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tostare (source of Italian tostare, Spanish tostar), frequentative of Latin torrere (past participle tostus) "to parch" (see terrain). Related: Toasted; toasting.

toast (v.2)

"to propose or drink a toast," 1700, from toast (n.1). This probably is the source of the Jamaican and U.S. black word meaning "extemporaneous narrative poem or rap" (1962). Related: Toasted; toasting.

toast (n.1)

"a call to drink to someone's health," 1700 (but said by Steele, 1709, to date to the reign of Charles II), originally referring to the beautiful or popular woman whose health is proposed and drunk. The custom apparently has its origin in the use of spiced toast (n.2) to flavor drink, the lady being regarded as figuratively adding piquancy to the wine in which her health was drunk. Steele's story ["Tatler," No. 24] is that an (unnamed) beauty of the day was taking the cold waters at Bath, when a gentleman dipped his cup in the water and drank it to her health; another in his company wittily (or drunkenly) replied that, while he did not care for the drink, he would gladly enjoy the toast. Meaning "one whose health is proposed and drunk to" is from 1746. Toast-master attested from 1749.

toast (n.2)

"piece of bread browned by fire or dry heat," early 15c., from toast (v.1); originally as something added to wine, ale, etc. From 17c. in the modern sense as something eaten on its own with a spread. Slang meaning "a goner, person or thing already doomed or destroyed" is recorded by 1987, perhaps from notion of computer circuits being "fried," and with unconscious echoes of earlier figurative phrase to be had on toast (1886) "to be served up for eating."

1. Lavalais raised his glass to propose a toast to the newlyweds.

ラヴァレーはグラスを持ち上げ、新婚夫婦に乾杯を提案した。

2.Steve uncorked bottles of champagne to toast the achievement.

スティーブはシャンパンを何本か開けて祝った。

3.He rounds off by proposing a toast to the attendants.

彼は来賓に祝杯をあげ、円満にイベントを終えた。

4.The coffee was untouched，the toast had cooled.

コーヒーは動かず、トーストは冷めていた。

5.Mrs.Madrigal buttered another piece of toast .

マドリードガル夫人は別のトーストにバターを塗った。