| 单词 | toss |
| 释义 | toss I. transitive verb 1. a. < storm-tossed sea > < waves from a passing steamer toss the small boats > < tossed wildly on the rain came flocks of starlings — J.C.Powys > b. < tossed her up and caught her — Winifred Bambrick > < missed his footing and was tossed by the bull > especially < I'll toss you for it > c. < tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine — Eph 4:14 (Revised Standard Version) > < had begun life in poverty … tossed about from one relative to another — Gamaliel Bradford > 2. a. < saintly aid to … the sin-tossed soul — H.O.Taylor > b. < various figures … were tossed around in conversation with tribal leaders — New Republic > < her brain was a steam-wheel … everything that could be thought of was tossed, nothing grasped — George Meredith > c. < trees toss their branches in the stiff breeze > d. < got … a hot supper, tossing it up herself — Clemence Dane > especially < toss a salad > < toss carrots in butter > 3. a. < tossed his glass to his mouth, finished his drink — James Joyce > b. < more fit … to lift a pitchfork than to toss a pike — William Gouge > — used chiefly in the phrase toss oars c. < tossed her head angrily > < toss up your nose at obscure people — Christopher Smart > 4. a. < has been tossed into jail and convicted of libel — J.A.Morris b. 1904 > < the challenge is tossed to the new president — Patrick McMahon > < Vesuvius … tosses out glowing bombs — Howel Williams > b. (1) < toss a ball to and fro > < toss peppermint sticks to … children — American Guide Series: Louisiana > (2) < the book has its … quota of gaily tossed metaphors — Rex Lardner > < for what it may be worth, I toss in … a very minor statistic — Agnes Rogers > < tossing off carefree farewells to shipboard friends — LaSelle Gilman > < criticism, tossed off … in the most marginal way — F.R.Leavis > c. < tosses down a lemonade — J.A.Michener > < raised her glass to her mouth and tossed it off — Encore > < usually tossed off half a dozen papers with his morning coffee — Edith Wharton > d. < toss out the garbage > < the horse tossed his rider > < tossed away $90,000 in film contracts to spend eighteen months on the novel — J.K.Hutchens > < would you rather toss the evening and just go home now — Nicholas Monsarrat > e. < tossing on my bathrobe, I would run to the kitchen — Marjorie Housepian > f. < tosses off science fiction as a by-product of his rocket research > < she can toss off roulades and staccati … and other vocal acrobatics — Irving Kolodin > < his mind tossed up scheme after scheme — Lucien Price > < a monster cocktail party and buffet supper will be tossed in honor of former employees — Bennett Cerf > intransitive verb 1. a. < black water … swirled and tossed over the ugly heads of jutting rocks — T.B.Costain > < his sentences pitched and tossed on a surging sea of righteous indignation — Horizon > especially < tossed on their pillows worrying about their younger son — Josephine Pinckney > b. < tossed out of the room … in one of her flighty humors — W.M.Thackeray > < the engine is tossing a little as she takes one reverse curve after another — O.S.Nock > c. < tomato wedges … and diced chicken go in a lettuce-lined salad bowl — ready to toss — Better Homes & Gardens > 2. < the skippers tossed and ours lost — Dal Stivens > 3. Synonyms: see throw II. 1. archaic a. < the little boat … pitches now with shorter toss upon the narrower swell — Robert Southey > b. < Boston is in a great toss … about Dr. Channing and the abolitionists — H.W.Longfellow > 2. a. < after a few warm-up tosses … put the shot 63 feet 6 inches — Newsweek > < put the Indians in front with a 5-yard run after catching a 10-yard toss — New York Times > b. < an almost disdainful toss of the head — T.G.Henderson > < with a toss of a hand … issues half a dozen birthday pronouncements — Barbara B. Jamison > 3. < choice of sides … shall be decided by toss — Official Lawn Tennis Guide > — called also toss-up 4. < took a toss into a hole and … broke his leg — John Buchan > < diplomat … takes a professional toss — Eric Keown > III. Scotland |
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