you want or are
advised to do ( A ih ]#[ 64 A
1# ) : I’d. love to go to
used without a verb
following when the missing verb is easy to understand: He asked her to come
but she said she didn’t want to. * to
He asked her to come but she said she didn’t want to.
5
used to show sth that is known or reported
about a
particular person or thing ( Ati ) :
The house was said to be haunted.
6
used to show that one action immediately
follows
another ( —sfrfF ) : I reached the
station only
to find that my train had already left. ft fij
7
AM,
are, was, were ~ used to show that
you must or should do sth — a£; You
are not to talk during the
exam. AfH&iiifo O She
was to be here at 8.30
but she didn’t
arrive.
W^'Jo
■ adv. (usually of a
door % fa H) in or into a closed position A If; A ffj;
A±: Push the door to. #£ |"] A ± 0 iT*T77i to
and 'fro backwards and
forwards IEM Jfe; A HI J&: She rocked the baby to and fro.
M A 0 @ It !£ JL o — see also toing lilUi
J For the special uses of to in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the
verbs. For example set to is in the phrasal verb section at set. * to *P
set to set
toad /taud; NAmE tood/ noun 1 a small animal like a frog but
with a drier and less smooth skin, that lives on land but breeds in water (= is
an amphibian) j® ^ 41 —
picture o page R29 2 (informal, disap
proving)1 an unpleasant
person if AlWA; #lA3£jI>l$A .toad-in-the-'hole
noun [u] a British dish
of sausages cooked in batter XffiJBIIIfM ( h
toad-stool /'taudstuil;
NAmE 'food-/ noun a fungus with a round flat or
curved head and a short stem. Many types of
toadstool are poisonous, ^ft; ip®: tp tt; mil — compare mushroom n. toady /'taudi; NAmE 'toudi/ noun, verb
•
noun (pi. -ies) (disapproving) a person
who treats sb more important with special kindness or respect in order to gain
their favour or help ig $! #; g; jf£ ft HTTI sycophant
•
verb (toad ies,
toady-ing, toad-ied, toad ied) [V] - (to
sb) (1disapproving) to treat sb more
important with special kindness or respect in order to gain their favour or
help
#7pc;
toast /taust;
NAmE toust/ noun, verb m noun 1 [U]
slices of bread that have been made brown and crisp by heating them on both
sides in a toaster or under a grill ifetM feUt; Rt^l: cheese
on toast >f 0 a piece of
toast —0 two slices/
rounds of
toast — picture
t>
page R16 —see also French toast 2 [C] ~ (to
sb/sth) the act of a group of people wishing sb happiness, success, etc. by
drinking a glass of sth, especially alcohol, at the same time A IF; ffcS: I’d
like to propose a toast to the bride and groom. ft H it A W\ M Hr HP
A IF o 0 The committee drank a toast to the new project, g
M^^&^fritMAlFo 3 [sing.] the ~ of ... a
person who is praised by a lot of people in a particular place because of sth
that they have done well ( |E ^ ) iTSJfclfWA,
WPW5$PijA: The performance made her the toast of the festival.
M&f I'lrfilo ids32ZI be 'toast (informal, especially NAmE) to be likely to die
or be destroyed One
mistake and
you’re toast, WWtTtTo
m verb 1 [VN] to lift a glass of wine, etc. in
the air and drink it at the same time as other people in order to wish sb/sth
success, happiness, etc. A •• • A^IF^M ; Aj ■ - IF : The happy couple were toasted in champagne.
A f] 1/C fe A IF
o owe
toasted the
success of the new company. ftCl AlfrAA] (HJ fi^AlFo 2 to make sth,
especially bread, turn brown by heating it in a toaster or close to heat; to
turn brown in this way % ( )
; ffi [VN] a
toasted
sandwich ;!# if (ft A 0J in 0 [V] Place under a hot grill until
the nuts have toasted.
#*$&<>
—picture o page R16 3 [VN] to warm a part of your body by placing it near a fire ;
\mm
toaster /'tausta(r); NAmE 'too-/ noun
an electrical machine that you put slices of bread in to make toast ( —picture o pageRi6
toastie /'tausti;
NAmE 'tousti/ noun {BrE) a sandwich
that has been toasted WsEEMin;
ti: ^] A 0j] in toasting fork noun a fork
with a long handle used for toasting
bread in front of a fire ftMfelAX toast-master
/'taustma:sta(r); NAmE 'toustmaestar/ noun a person who
introduces the speakers at a formal dinner and calls for people to drink sth
together in honour of particular people (= proposes toasts) if A± &A;
SmiSFilWA
toasty /'tausti;
NAmE 'tou-/ adj. {especially NAmE) warm and comfortable UpliftW;
iJSM£FitW to-bacco /ta'baekau; NAmE
-kou/ noun [U, C] {pi. -os) the dried leaves
of the tobacco plant that are used for making cigarettes, smoking in a pipe or
chewing j® Of; ‘j® A: The government imposed a ban on tobacco advertising {=
the advertising of cigarettes and all other forms of tobacco). iXJff cfo
tobacconist /ta’baekamst/ noun 1 a person who owns, manages or works in a
shop/store selling cigarettes, tobacco for pipes, etc.
2 to-bac-con-ist’s {pi. tobacconists)
a shop/store that sells cigarettes, tobacco, etc. j® ^ IS : There’s a tobacconist’s on the comer.
to-bog-gan /ta'bDgan;
NAmE -'ba:g-/ noun, verb • noun a long
light narrow sledge (= a vehicle that slides over snow) sometimes curved
up in front, used for sliding down slopes Altfi; A/iS-fclflt ■
verb [V] to travel down a slope on snow or ice using a
toboggan ►toboggan ingnoun [U]
toc-cata /ta'kcuta/ noun a piece of music
for a keyboard instrument which includes difficult passages designed to show
the player’s skill fBfeig (
toc sin /'tnksin; NAmE ‘ta:k-/ noun
{old use) a warning bell or signal
tod /tnd; NAmE ta:d/ noun iT*T77i on your 'tod {old- fashioned, BrE, informal) on
your own; alone $£ g; ^44 today /ta'dei/ adv., noun
•adv. 1 on this day fEAA; ^4*0 : Fve got
a piano lesson later today. A M—^#3
^W ^ o 0 The
exams start
a week today/today week (= one
week from now). # T W A A ft „ 2 at the present period ^ A ; ^ ft ECC1 nowadays : Young
people today
face a very difficult future at work. A W
»noun [U] 1 this day A A ;
AS: Today is her tenth birthday. A
0 „ 0 The review is in today’s
paper. ^ A W ft &
±. 0 I’m
leaving a
week from today, ft T
i«l W A A zft %» 2 the present period of time MfE; ^ A; ^ ft: today’s young
people
SftWfe
tod dle /'tDdl; NAmE 'taidl/ verb
[V] 1 when a young child
who has just learnt to walk toddles, he/she
walks with short, unsteady steps ( #jJ)
SH fe, 2 [+adv./prep.] {informal) to walk or go
somewhere A ff ; A : She
toddles down to the park most afternoons. AA0o
tod dler /'tDdla(r); NAmE 'ta:d-/ noun
a child who has only recently learnt to walk ^ A (ft J L Sh
toddy /'tndi; NAmE 'ta:di/ noun
[C, U] {pi. -ies) a drink made with strong alcohol, sugar,
hot water and sometimes spices
)
tod-ger /'tnd3a(r); NAmE 'ta:d3ar/ noun {BrE,
informal) a man’s penis |£jl£