1of the head揚頭PREPOSITION | PHRASESPREPOSITION➤with a toss頭一揚PHRASES➤a toss of your/the head揚頭◇'Of course not!' she said with a toss of her head.“當然不!”她把頭一揚說道。toss
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2the toss (especially BrE) of a coin擲硬幣VERB + THE TOSS | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERB + THE TOSS➤lose, win在擲硬幣猜先中失敗/獲勝◇England won the toss and chose to kick off.英格蘭隊猜先勝出,選擇先開球。➤call要求擲硬幣決定◇The team captains called the toss.兩隊隊長猜先。PREPOSITION➤with a toss用擲硬幣決定PHRASES➤the toss of a coin擲硬幣◇The order of play was decided by the toss of a coin.比賽順序由擲硬幣決定。◇The venue will be decided on the toss of a coin. (BrE) 舉辦地將由擲硬幣決定。toss
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1throw sth carelessly隨便扔ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤carelessly, casually隨意扔◇She picked up the package and casually tossed it into her bag.她撿起那包東西隨手扔進手提包裏。➤unceremoniously粗暴地拋擲◇The bodies were unceremoniously tossed into mass graves.那些屍體被粗暴地扔進了萬人坑。➤around (oftenfigurative) , aside, away, back, out, over翻來覆去地掂量;將⋯扔在一邊;扔掉;向後甩;將⋯扔出去;將⋯扔過去◇It's an idea that gets tossed around from time to time.這是一個不時反複掂量的想法。◇She tossed back her blonde hair.她把金髮甩到腦後。➤overboard (oftenfigurative) 拋棄◇The improvements had to be tossed overboard because of lack of money.改進方案因為缺乏資金而被拋到一邊。PREPOSITION➤into, out of, to將⋯扔進/扔出/扔給◇He tossed the letter over to me.他把信扔給了我。toss
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2keep moving up and down/from side to side不停地上下或左右移動ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤restlessly不安地翻來覆去◇She tossed around restlessly all night with a high fever.她發高燒,一夜輾轉反側。➤about, around顛來顛去◇He was tossed around in his boat.他在船上被顛來顛去。PHRASES➤toss and turn翻來覆去◇He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep.他整夜翻來覆去無法入眠。toss
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3cover food in a sauce給食品蘸上調味汁ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤gently, lightly輕輕地翻動▸➤well充分攪拌▸➤together拌在一起PREPOSITION➤in在⋯裏翻動◇Toss the vegetables lightly in olive oil.把蔬菜放在橄欖油裏輕輕翻動一下。