vt 祝酒，為……干杯(drink to the health，honor，happiness，etc of sb or sth)[T+n]：～the health of a newly-married couple/the success of a new company/a new ship 為新婚夫婦的健康/一個(gè)新公司的成功/一艘新船(下水)干杯;～a hero/the bride and groom 舉杯向英雄/新娘和新郎祝酒(祝賀);
n(1)祝酒，干杯(act of drinking to the health，honor，happiness，etc of sb or sth)[C]：propose a～to the Queen/the new president 提議為女王陛下/新任總統(tǒng)干杯;Let's drink a～to our friends! 為朋友們的身體健康干杯!There were several～s before dinner. 晚宴前祝了幾次酒。raise one's glass in a～舉杯祝酒;respond (reply) to the～答謝祝酒;
(2)接受祝酒的人等(any person or thing honored by such an act)[C]：(the general/star of the film) be the～of the whole town/country(將軍/影星)接受全城/全國(guó)人民的祝酒;After the race，our horse was the～of the town. 比賽后，我們的馬受到了全城的祝賀。
→′toast-master n(宴會(huì)上的)祝酒人;宴會(huì)主人