Toss
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vt.& vi. （轻轻或漫不经心地）扔;（使）摇荡;摇匀;（为…）掷硬币决定;
n. 掷硬币决定;向上甩头;猛仰头（尤指表示恼怒或不耐烦）;（尤指比赛或游戏中）投掷;
📝 例句
She tossed her head.
她把头向上一扬。
We'll toss a coin to see who does the wash.
我们将掷币决定谁来洗衣服。
"After a few warm-up toss, he put the shoot 63 feet 6 inch."
几次试掷之後，他把铅球投出六十三英尺六英寸远。
Let's toss to see who pays the bill.
让我们掷钱币决定谁来付帐。
toss a coin on the counter
把一枚硬币投到柜台上
🌱 联想助记
【串】boss(老板)toss(投)loss(失败)
【记】※ boss-老板,toss-掷:谁来当老板?掷钱来决定
※ joss-佛像,josh-开玩笑,toss-抛:不要对佛像开玩笑,更不能把它抛来抛去
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
toss
v
1
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p, Dn.n, Dn.pr]
~ sth (to sb) throw sth lightly or carelessly or easily 扔; 抛; 掷
He tossed the book down on the table. 他把书扔在桌子上.
toss sth aside/away/out 把某物丢在一边[丢开/丢掉]
They were tossing a ball about. 他们把球扔来扔去.
He tossed the beggar a coin/tossed a coin to the beggar. 他把一枚硬币扔给乞丐.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(of a bull, etc) throw (sb) up with the horns （指公牛等）以角挑起（某人）.
2 [Tn, Tn.p] jerk (one's head, etc), esp in contempt or indifference 猛然扭（头等）（尤指以示轻视或冷漠）.
3 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sb/sth to) move restlessly from side to side or up and down （使某人[某物]）摇荡, ?quot;? 颠簸
branches tossing in the wind 迎风?quot;诘氖髦?BR> I couldn't sleep, but kept tossing and turning/tossing about in bed all night. 我整夜在床上翻来复去睡不著.
The ship was tossed back and forth by the waves. 那船随波涛颠簸.
4 [Tn, Tn.pr]
coat (food) by shaking or turning it in dressing, etc 将（食品）拌上调料等
toss the salad in oil and vinegar 把油和醋拌入色拉.
5 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ (up) (sth); ~ (sb) for sth send (a coin) spinning up into the air in order to decide sth by chance, according to which side is uppermost when it falls 掷（硬币）作决定
Have the two captains tossed yet (eg to decide which team will start the match)? 那两个队的队长掷硬币了吗（如决定哪队开球）?
Who's going to cook tonight? Let's toss up. 今晚谁做饭? 咱们掷硬币决定吧.
There's only one pillow I'll toss you for it. 只有一个枕头--我跟你掷硬币决定谁用吧.
6 (phr v) toss (oneself) off ( Brit sl 讳, 俚) masturbate 手淫. toss sth off
(a) drink sth straight down 一饮而尽.
(b) produce sth quickly and without much thought or effort 迅速而不费力地做成某事物
I can toss off my article for the local newspaper in half an hour. 我给本地的报纸写文章只用半小时就可一挥而就. toss, n
1 tossing action or movement 扔; 抛; 掷; 摇荡; 颠簸
The decision depended on the toss of a coin.那项决定是靠掷硬币的方法做出的.
take a toss, ie be thrown from a horse 从马上摔下
a contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, etc toss of the head 轻蔑地把头一扬.
2 (idm 习语) argue the toss => argue. not give a `toss (about sb/sth) (sl 俚) not care at all 毫不在乎. win/lose the `toss guess correctly/incorrectly when a coin is tossed up which way it will fall (esp to decide which team will start a match) 猜中[猜错]掷硬币的结果（尤指决定哪一队开球）.
🎯 考研助记
投掷(谐音）： 投掷 to+ss(boss):把雨伞 扔给老板
🔁 扩展释义
*[tɒs]n. 投掷, 抛, 摇摆, 震荡, 掷钱币决定vt. 投掷, 猛抬, 摇荡, 使不安, 掷钱币决定vi. 被到处扔, 摇摆, 颠簸, 辗转, 掷钱币决定某事相关词组: toss sth aside toss one's glass toss all night long toss for sth toss sth off toss up win the toss lose the toss
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From 1830 onwards in the USA and from about 1870 in Canada, settlers began to move westwards and to take possession of the plains as their own.
美国自1830年起，加拿大从1870年左右起，殖民者开始向西迁移，并把平原据为己有。
It has helped me to serve others.
这份礼物帮助我为他人服务。
Perhaps his greatest belief was in an Indian phrase which he called the force of truth.
也许他最大的信仰就在他称之为真理的力理"这一印度隽语里。