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Toss Throw Sense 2413.Toss 英 Tɒs]美 Tɔs 释义

正面 2413.toss
英 [tɒs]美 [tɔs]

背面
释义:
n. 投掷;摇荡;投掷的距离;掷币赌胜负vt. 投掷;使…不安;突然抬起;使…上下摇动;与…掷币打赌vi. 辗转;被乱扔;颠簸;掷钱币决定某事n. (Toss)人名;(瑞典)托斯
例句:
1. They were still arguing the toss about the first goal.他们仍在为第一个进球争论不休。

1. 谐音“投石”。
toss 扔,抛,摇摆,颠簸词源不详。
toss (v.)mid-15c., "to lift or throw with a sudden movement," of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa "to strew, spread"). Food preparation sense (with reference to salad, etc.) is recorded from 1723. Intransitive sense "be restless; throw oneself about" is from 1550s. Related: Tossed; tossing.toss (n.)"an act of throwing," 1630s, from toss (v.). Meaning "a coin toss" is from 1798."

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