toss
英 [t?s]
美[t?s]
- n. 投掷；摇荡；投掷的距离；掷币赌胜负
- vt. 投掷；使…不安；突然抬起；使…上下摇动；与…掷币打赌
- vi. 辗转；被乱扔；颠簸；掷钱币决定某事
- n. (Toss)人名；(瑞典)托斯
GRECET4TEM4IELTS考研CET6中低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?tosses;过去式:?tossed;过去分词:?tossed;现在分词:?tossing;
助记提示
1. 谐音“投石”。
中文词源
toss 扔，抛，摇摆，颠簸
词源不详。
英文词源
- toss (v.)
- mid-15c., "to lift or throw with a sudden movement," of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa "to strew, spread"). Food preparation sense (with reference to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. Intransitive sense "be restless; throw oneself about" is from 1550s. Related: Tossed; tossing.
- toss (n.)
- "an act of throwing," 1630s, from toss (v.). Meaning "a coin toss" is from 1798.
双语例句
- 1. They were still arguing the toss about the first goal.
- 他们仍在为第一个进球争论不休。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Remove from the heat, add the parsley, toss and serve at once.
- 端离炉子，加上欧芹，颠起翻面后就立刻上桌。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Do not toss the salad until you're ready to serve.
- 到快上菜时再轻轻搅拌色拉。
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- 4. They spend so much time arguing the toss over inconsequential matters.
- 他们花了这么多时间为无关紧要的事争个没完。
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- 5. Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first.
- 孟加拉国队掷硬币赢了，决定先击球。
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