| 单词 | to toss up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto toss up to toss up 1. See also preceding senses and up n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > cause to move suddenly [verb (transitive)] > jerk braida1000 hitch1440 spang1513 jog1548 jert1566 jerk1582 gag1587 to toss up1588 tossa1618 thrip1674 shrug1678 flip1712 hotch1823 switch1842 slirt1870 hoick1898 quirk1978 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > cast or throw up upcastc1386 upbraida1525 toss1526 to cast up1557 plunge1567 uphurl1582 to toss up1588 upthrowc1614 sky1802 uptoss1828 1588 T. Deloney Queenes visiting Tilsburie (single sheet) Tossing vp her plume of feathers to them all as they did stand. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida iii. sig. E4 Rubbing my quiet bosome, tossing vp A gratefull spirit to omnipotence! 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 55 The Boat..lay as the Wind and the Sea had toss'd her up upon the Land. 1743 in Howell St. Trials (1813) XVII. 1179 One's hair is now tossed up in such a manner that its hard to distinguish between a person's own hair and a wig. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack vi. 28 We tossed up our oars, and laid by. 1859 Habits Good Society vii. 249 The head should..not [be] tossed up nor jerked on one side with that air of pertness. 2. absol. To toss a coin or some object in the air to wager on which side it will fall, or to determine a question by this: see head n.1 4b. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > make types of choice [verb (intransitive)] > choose or decide by lot > toss coin to cast cross and pile1637 to toss up1704 toss1831 flip1879 1704 Hymn Vict. lviii Victoria Tosses-up for Cross or Pile. 1762 J. Wilkes Let. to Earl Temple (1769) I. 31 They tossed up, and it fell to my adjutant to give the word. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. v. 52 Tossing up for heads or tails was not my ruling passion. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. xii. 201 Some inclining to both opinions said ‘toss up for it’. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > prepare food [verb (transitive)] > quickly to toss up1705 to knock up1869 to throw together1884 whang1980 1705 Acct. of Conf. between Duke of Buckingham & Father Fitzgerald in Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. II. 54 Our ancient Matron had tossed up a nice Breakfast, out of the remainders of the Capons. 1710 Tatler No. 258. ⁋1 To toss up the Fragments of a Feast into a Ragoust. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 137 The Booksellers..had a better Knack at tossing up a Title [for a book]. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy I. viii. 180 But you have not dined—we'll have something nice and lady-like—sweet and pretty, like yourself, tossed up in a trice. < as lemmas |
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