| 单词 | toss |
| 释义 | toss (tɒs , US tɔːs ) Word forms: tosses , tossing , tossed 1. verb 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. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] He tossed his blanket aside and got up. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] He tossed Malone a bottle of water, and took one himself. [VERB noun noun] Synonyms: throw, pitch, hurl, fling 2. verb 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. [VERB noun] Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: throw back, jerk, jolt Toss is also a noun. With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his coffee. [+ of] 3. verb 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. [VERB noun] Synonyms: flip, spin, flick Toss is also a noun. It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin. [+ of] 4. singular noun 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. Synonyms: throw, cast, pitch, shy 5. verb If something such as the wind or sea tosses an object, it causes it to move from side to side or up and down. [literary] The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork. [VERB noun] As the plane was tossed up and down, the pilot tried to stabilise it. [be VERB-ed adverb/preposition] Synonyms: heave, labour, rock, roll 6. verb 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. [VERB noun] Add the grated orange rind and toss the apple slices in the mixture. [VERB noun + in] Serve straight from the dish with a tossed green salad. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: shake, turn, mix, stir 7. See also toss-up 8. to argue the toss phrase 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. [British, disapproval] They were still arguing the toss about the first goal. [+ about] They spend so much time arguing the toss over inconsequential matters. 9. give a toss phrase 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. [British, informal, emphasis] Well, who gives a toss about sophistication anyway? [+ about] I don't give a toss what people think. The rest of us really couldn't give a toss; money's what we want. 10. toss and turn phrase 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. Idioms: argue the toss [British] to waste your time by arguing about something which is not important or which cannot be changed Arguing the toss over whether Sydney or Melbourne is a better place to live is an Australian pastime. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers not give a toss about something [British, informal] to not care at all about something `We don't give a toss what journalists think about us,' says Dave Chambers, the band's drummer. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 掷 Japanese: 軽く投げる |
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