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单词 toll
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toll1/tohl/ noun

a fee paid for some right or privilege, e.g. of passing over a highway or bridge, or for services rendered

a grievous or ruinous price, esp cost in life or health

Her job was very stressful, which took its toll on her health

[Old English toll charge, tax, via Latin from Greek telōnion tollhouse, from telos tax]

toll2verb trans

to sound (a bell) by pulling the rope

to signal or announce (something) by or as if by means of a tolled bell

verb intrans

said of a bell: to sound with slow measured strokes

[Middle English tollen, perhaps from tollen to attract, entice]

toll3noun

the sound of a tolling bell

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