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单词 toss
释义
toss
verb
uk
/tɒs/us
/tɑːs/

tossverb(THROW)

C2[Tusually+ adv/prep]
tothrowsomethingcarelessly:
（随意地）扔，掷，抛
Heglancedat theletterand then tossed it into thebin.他扫了一眼信就把它丢进了垃圾箱。
Thebulltossed him up into theair.公牛把他顶到了半空中。
[+ two objects]Andrew tossed him theball.安德鲁将球抛给他。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to throw something
  • throwThe kids were outside throwing snowballs at each other.
  • tossShe tossed the keys into her bag and went out.
  • chuckHe read the letter and chucked it into the bin.
  • flingHe crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
  • hurlIn a fit of temper he hurled the book across the room.
  • lobThe boys spent an hour lobbing stones into the lake.
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More examples
  • Let's toss acointoseewho'll go first.
  • He tossed theletterinto thebin.
  • They tossed thebeggarsa fewcoins.
  • I tossed a fewclothesinto asuitcase.
  • I tossed acloveofgarlicinto thestew.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Throwing
  • arm
  • cast
  • flick
  • fling
  • heave
  • hurl
  • outpitch
  • overhand
  • peg
  • pelt
  • project
  • shy
  • sling
  • stone
  • thread
  • throwsomethingin
  • underarm
  • underhand
  • wang
  • whang
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tossverb(FOOD)

[T]
When you tossfoodyoushakeormixsmallpiecesof it together with asauceordressing:
摇匀，搅拌（食物）
a tossedsalad拌色拉
carrotstossedinbutter黄油拌胡萝卜
toss a pancakeUK
toquicklyandsuddenlyliftthepanin which apancake(= athin,flat, roundcake)iscookingso that thepancakegoes up into theairandturnsover beforefallingback into thepan
把煎饼颠起翻面
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preparing food
  • batch cooking
  • biga
  • bind
  • boil
  • butter
  • buttered
  • can't boil an eggidiom
  • clarify
  • glaze
  • glazed
  • grate
  • ingredient
  • jerk
  • purée
  • re-season
  • recipe
  • rehydrate
  • restuff
  • whip
  • zap
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tossverb(MOVE)

[T]
If you tossyourhairor apartofyourbodyyoumoveit up and backsuddenly:
向后甩（头发或身体部位）
She tossed herheadinannoyance.她生气地将头向后一甩。
She tossed back herhair.她向后甩了甩头发。
toss and turnC2[I]
tomoveabout fromsidetosideorturna lot inbed,especiallybecause you cannotsleep:
（尤指因无法入睡而）翻来覆去，辗转反侧
I was tossing andturningallnight.我整晚辗转反侧，无法入睡。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making short, sudden movements
  • aquiver
  • chatter
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • convulsive
  • cringe
  • flick
  • jerkily
  • jerkiness
  • jerky
  • jig
  • jiggle
  • quake
  • quiver
  • recoil
  • shaky
  • shudder
  • squirm
  • tremulous
  • whip
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Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious

tossverb(COIN)

C1[IorT]
(alsotosssomeoneforsomething);(UKalsotoss up)
tothrowacoinup into theairandguesswhichsidewilllandfacingup, as a way of making adecision:
掷硬币决定
Let's toss (acoin) toseewho'll go first.我们掷硬币来决定谁先去吧。
"I'll toss you for it -headsortails?"“我和你掷硬币来决定——你要正面还是反面？”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Decisions and deciding
  • ascription
  • balance
  • be make or break forsomeone/somethingidiom
  • be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom
  • choose
  • clinch
  • fight
  • fish
  • fix
  • if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
  • in the balanceidiom
  • judgment call
  • judicial review
  • make or breaksomethingidiom
  • resolution
  • top-down
  • toss up
  • unadjudicated
  • unelected
  • volition
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Phrasal verbs

tosssomethingaround
tosssomethingaside
tosssomethingaway
tosssomethingoff
toss(someone)off
tosssomethingout
toss up
toss
noun
uk
/tɒs/us
/tɑːs/

tossnoun(MOVEMENT)

[Cusually singular]
asuddenquickmovement:
掷；甩
"I don'tcare," sherepliedwith a tossof herhead.“我不在乎。”她甩了甩头回答道。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making short, sudden movements
  • aquiver
  • chatter
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • convulsive
  • cringe
  • flick
  • jerkily
  • jerkiness
  • jerky
  • jig
  • jiggle
  • quake
  • quiver
  • recoil
  • shaky
  • shudder
  • squirm
  • tremulous
  • whip
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tossnoun(THROW)

a toss of a coin
anactofthrowingacoinin theairandguessingwhichsidewilllandfacingupwardas a way ofdecidingsomething
掷硬币决定
win/lose the toss
toguesscorrectly/wronglywhichsideof acoinwill befacingup when itlandson thegroundafter beingthrown
在掷硬币中猜对了／猜错了
[C]
anactofthrowingsomething in acarelessorrelaxedway
漫不经心地（或不小心地）投掷
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Decisions and deciding
  • ascription
  • balance
  • be make or break forsomeone/somethingidiom
  • be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom
  • choose
  • clinch
  • fight
  • fish
  • fix
  • if/when it comes to the crunchidiom
  • in the balanceidiom
  • judgment call
  • judicial review
  • make or breaksomethingidiom
  • resolution
  • top-down
  • toss up
  • unadjudicated
  • unelected
  • volition
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Gambling & bookmaking
Throwing

Idiom

not give/care a toss
(Definition oftossfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

toss| American Dictionary

toss
verb[T]
us
/tɔs/
tothrowgentlyoreasily:
He tossed hisdirtyclotheson thefloor.
Matthew tossed theballto hisbrother.
When you tossfood, yougentlymixsmallpiecesof it together or with asauce:
I tossed thesalad.
If you tossyourhairoryourhead, youmoveitsuddenly:
Thegirltossed herhairout of hereyes.
toss a coin
If you toss acoin, youchoosebetween twopossibilitiesbythrowingacoininto theairandlettingeachsiderepresentone of thepossibilities, thenacceptingthepossibilityrepresentedby thesidethatlandsfacingup:
We tossed toseewho would go first.

Idiom

toss (and turn)

Phrasal verbs

toss aroundsomething
toss offsomething
toss outsomething
toss
noun[C]
us
/tɔs/
asudden,quickmovementorthrow:
"I don’tcare," sherepliedwith a toss of herhead.
(Definition oftossfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftoss

toss
Below, they are confused and redistributed and tossed around endlessly.
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As she tossed silk drapes around her body to create changing forms and shapes, the silk was variously illuminated.
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We shouldtossa coin if u x 1, 000 is more important than the good of half a life saved.
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Even if we save the lives of either side by tossing a coin, it is still unfair to people who are not saved.
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At the word 'tourbillonnent', human figures are tossed by the same wind that blows on the mandoline in the final lines.
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This means that if there is only one candidate, then no coin tosses are needed.
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An example of such an action with an unpredictable outcome is thetossof a coin.
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Surely the difference between these cannot matter if the information about how thetosslands is equally inaccessible to you in both cases?
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In the second movement, melody is fragmented and the effect almost pointillistic as ideas are tossed between solo instruments in chamber-music fashion.
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But even if he wins that challenge, another baby has just been tossed out with the bathwater.
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The main figure is a naked young woman, arms raised, head tossed back, who reveals her teeth within a barely open mouth.
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The problem is that without diggers exposing the quartz and tossing the "leaverites," there is hardly anything on the ground.
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It turns out that he should start suspecting something is wrong after 8 heads are tossed in a row, because 0.99r0.58<0.01r0.5.
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The two women began tossing verse phrases back and forth giving the composer the idea of using a 'call-and-response' technique for much of the work.
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We might instead, for example, prefer to allocate the life-saving drug by tossing a fair coin, giving an equal chance to both patients.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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