詞彙精選:toss的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
扔,拋,擲 [C]
例句:
After a few warm-up toss, he put the shoot 63 feet 6 inch.
幾次試擲之後,他把鉛球投出六十三英尺六英寸遠。
例句:
The first toss here would appear to favor Candida.
第一次投擲結果看來對坎迪德有利。
擲硬幣決定 [C]
例句:
Australia won the toss.
澳大利亞隊於擲硬幣中獲勝。
例句:
The home team won the toss and elected to kick off.
主隊在投幣中獲勝,被選定來開球。
搖 [C]
例句:
The stableman and the wheelwright replied in concert, with a toss of the head.
那馬伕和車匠師父同時搖着頭回答。
甩,仰 [C]
例句:
With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his beer.
鮑勃猛一仰脖,咕嘟咕嘟幾大口喝完了杯中剩下的啤酒。
例句:
The girl hitched herself away with a toss of her head.
那女孩子一仰頭,身子往另一頭移了移。
v.
扔,拋,擲 [I,T]
例句:
Toss me the tea bottle, will you, Tom?
把茶瓶子扔給我好嗎,湯姆?
例句:
The boy tossed a coin.
那個男孩子拋起了一枚硬幣。
甩;突然抬起 [I,T]
例句:
'I'm sure I don't know.' Cook tossed her head.
“我確信我不知道。”庫克一甩頭説。
例句:
Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face.
她氣喘吁吁地把頭髮從臉上甩開。
擲幣打賭(或決定) [I,T]
例句:
I'll toss you for the armchair.
我和你用擲幣的方法決定誰坐這把扶手椅。
例句:
To prevent any argument, I'll toss you for who does the washing-up.
為避免爭執,我和你來擲錢幣定誰洗碗碟。
使搖動,顛簸,輾轉 [I,T]
例句:
The boat was tossed about in the stormy sea.
小船在風急雨驟的大海中顛簸。
例句:
That jerk nearly tossed my orange juice to the ceiling.
這次顛簸幾乎把我的橙汁顛到天花板上去了。
輕輕攪拌,搖勻 [I,T]
例句:
Toss the vegetables in butter,please.
在菜裏拌點黃油。
例句:
Do not toss the salad until you're ready to serve.
到快上菜時再輕輕攪拌色拉。
使不安 [T]
例句:
I don't want to toss you.
我不想打擾你。
例句:
The letter tossed her greatly.
那封信使她非常不安。
二、詞義辨析:
throw,cast,fling,heave,hurl,pitch,toss
這些動詞均有“拋、投、擲”之意。throw普通用詞,使用廣泛,僅指用力拋擲,不涉及動作方式或感情色彩。cast常可與throw互換,指迅速扔出一個重量較輕的物體。fling指用力投擲,或因感情激動而粗暴地或漫無目的地扔東西。 heave指把重物舉起後扔出。hurl通常指用力投擲,動作迅猛,所投擲的距離也較遠。pitch指隨意地、輕輕地擲或扔,側重方向性和有明確的目標。toss指無什麼目的地、輕輕地、隨意地擲或扔,所扔擲的東西一般都比較輕。
三、相關短語:
toss off
v.一飲而盡,輕而易舉地處理
toss out
扔掉,丟棄;驅逐,攆走
toss bombing
上拉投彈
四、參考例句:
Toss that thought.
拋棄這樣的想法吧。
Please toss me the matches.
請把火柴扔給我。
Please toss me a towel.
請扔給我一條毛巾。
I'll toss you for the armchair.
我和你用擲幣的方法決定誰坐這把扶手椅。
Toss the vegetables in butter,please.
在菜裏拌點黃油。
Just toss it in the rubbish.
把它扔進垃圾桶就可以了。
Toss those papers out, they are useless.
把那些文件扔掉吧,沒用了。
I don't want to toss you.
我不想打擾你。
Toss those wishes in the ocean too.
把那些期望也扔進海里吧。
He had to toss those rotten apples away.
他不得不把腐爛的蘋果扔掉。