v. (轻轻或漫不经心地)扔,抛,掷; 甩(头,以表示恼怒或不耐烦); (使)摇摆,挥动,颠簸 toss的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
VERB 扔;抛;掷 If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a rather careless way.
He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire... 他把纸揉成一团扔进火里。
He tossed his blanket aside and got up… 他把毯子掀到一边起了身。
He tossed Malone a can of beer, and took one himself. 他扔给马隆一罐啤酒,自己也拿了一罐。
VERB (常表示愤怒或轻蔑地)甩(头或头发) If you toss your head or toss your hair, you move your head backwards, quickly and suddenly, often as a way of expressing an emotion such as anger or contempt.
'I'm sure I don't know.' Cook tossed her head... “我确信我不知道。”库克一甩头说。
Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face. 她气喘吁吁地把头发从脸上甩开。
Toss is also a noun.
With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his beer. 鲍勃猛一仰脖,咕嘟咕嘟几大口喝完了杯中剩下的啤酒。
VERB 掷(硬币以决定) In sports and informal situations, if you decide something by tossing a coin, you spin a coin into the air and guess which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands.
We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the buns. 我们掷硬币决定谁出去买小圆面包。
Toss is also a noun.
It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin. 还不如用抛硬币的方法来决定。
N-SING 掷硬币决定 The toss is a way of deciding something, such as who is going to go first in a game, that consists of spinning a coin into the air and guessing which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first. 孟加拉国队掷硬币赢了,决定先击球。
VERB 使摇动;使颠簸 If something such as the wind or sea tosses an object, it causes it to move from side to side or up and down.
The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork... 海浪变得汹涌澎湃,把小船像漂浮的软木塞一样抛来甩去。
As the plane was tossed up and down, the pilot tried to stabilise it. 飞机上下颠簸,飞行员试图将其稳住。
VERB (在液体中)轻轻搅拌(食物) If you toss food while preparing it, you put pieces of it into a liquid and lightly shake them so that they become covered with the liquid.
Do not toss the salad until you're ready to serve... 到快上菜时再轻轻搅拌色拉。
Add the grated orange rind and toss the apple slices in the mixture... 加入磨碎的橙皮,再将苹果片在其中轻拌。
Serve straight from the dish with a tossed green salad. 配上拌过了的田园色拉直接上桌。
PHRASE 为不重要的事争论不休 If you say that someone argues the toss, you are criticizing them for continuing to argue for longer than is necessary about something that is not very important.
They were still arguing the toss about the first goal... 他们仍在为第一个进球争论不休。
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。
PHRASE 介意,在乎 If you say that you do not give a toss about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about them at all.
Well, who gives a toss about sophistication anyway?... 嗯,不管怎样,谁会在意高雅时髦呢?
I don't give a toss what people think… 我才不在乎人们怎么想呢。
The rest of us really couldn't give a toss; money's what we want. 我们其余这些人根本不在乎:我们想要的就是钱。
PHRASE 辗转反侧;翻来覆去 If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.
You feel as if you've been tossing and turning all night, and wake up feeling worn out. 感觉就像整夜翻来覆去睡不着、醒来时浑身疲惫一样。