单词 | toll |
释义 | toll 1 ![]() n. 1. A fixed charge or tax for a privilege, especially for passage across a bridge or along a road. 2. A charge for a service, such as a telephone call to another country. 3. An amount or extent of loss or destruction, as of life, health, or property: "Poverty and inadequate health care take their toll on the quality of a community's health" (Los Angeles Times). tr.v. tolled, toll·ing, tolls 1. To exact as a toll. 2. To charge a fee for using (a structure, such as a bridge). [Middle English tol, from Old English, variant of toln, from Medieval Latin tolōnīum, from Latin telōnēum, tollbooth, from Greek telōneion, from telōnēs, tax collector, from telos, tax; see telə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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