资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Roasting \Roast"ing\,
   a. & n., from {Roast}, v.

   {Roasting ear}, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of
      development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.

   {Roasting jack}, a machine for turning a spit on which meat
      is roasted.