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词汇 tossing
释义 tossing
present participle oftoss
toss
verb
uk /tɒs/ us /tɑːs/

tossverb (THROW)


C2[ Tusually+ adv/prep ]
to throw something carelessly: (随意地)扔,掷,抛
He glanced at the letter and then tossed it into the bin.他扫了一眼信就把它丢进了垃圾箱。
The bull tossed him up into the air.公牛把他顶到了半空中。
[ + two objects ]Andrew tossed him the ball.安德鲁将球抛给他。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to throw something
throwThe kids were outside throwing snowballs at each other.
tossShe tossed the keys into her bag and went out.
chuckHe read the letter and chucked it into the bin.
flingHe crumpled up the letter and flung it into the fire.
hurlIn a fit of temper he hurled the book across the room.
lobThe boys spent an hour lobbing stones into the lake.
Let's toss a coin to see who'll go first.我们掷硬币来决定谁先去吧。
He tossed the letter into the bin.
They tossed the beggars a few coins.
I tossed a few clothes into a suitcase.
I tossed a clove of garlic into the stew.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Throwing
arm
cannon
cast
chuck
fling
heave
hurl
outpitch
overhand
peg
precipitate
sidearm
sling
stone
throw
throw something in
toss
underarm
underhand
unseat

tossverb (FOOD)


[ T ]
When you toss food you shake or mix small pieces of it together with a sauce or dressing: 摇匀,搅拌(食物)
a tossed salad拌色拉
(be) tossed inServe French beans tossed in a little garlic butter.
 toss a pancakeUK
to quickly and suddenly lift the pan in which a pancake (= a thin, flat, round cake) is cooking so that the pancake goes up into the air and turns over before falling back into the pan: 把煎饼颠起翻面
Ben came second in the competition after tossing a pancake 21 times.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Preparing food
batch cooking
biga
bind
breadmaking
butter
buttered
clarify
glaze
glazed
grate
ingredient
jerk
rehydrate
restuff
rice
rustle something up
scoby
toss
whip
zap

tossverb (MOVE)


[ T ]
If you toss your hair or a part of your body you move it up and back suddenly: 向后甩(头发或身体部位)
She tossed her head in annoyance.她生气地将头向后一甩。
She tossed back her hair.她向后甩了甩头发。
 toss and turnC2[ I ]
to move about from side to side or turn a lot in bed, especially because you cannot sleep: (尤指因无法入睡而)翻来覆去,辗转反侧
I was tossing and turning all night.我整晚辗转反侧,无法入睡。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making short, sudden movements
aquiver
chatter
choppily
choppiness
convulse
convulsion
jar
jerk
jerkily
jerkiness
jerky
quake
quiver
recoil
shaky
shook
shudder
squirm
toss
whip

tossverb (COIN)


C1[ I or T ](alsotoss someone for something); (UK alsotoss up)
to throw a coin up into the air and guess which side will land facing up, as a way of making a decision: 掷硬币决定
toss (a coin)Let's toss (a coin) to see who'll go first.我们掷硬币来决定谁先去吧。
"I'll toss you for it - heads or tails?"“我和你掷硬币来决定——你要正面还是反面?”
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Decisions and deciding
ascription
be make or break for someone/somethingidiom
be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom
choose
clinch
conclusion
finalize
fish or cut baitidiom
flip
flip a coinidiom
get something into your headidiom
judge
see fitidiom
sleep
spin
split decision
swing
swing the balanceidiom
take it into your head to do somethingidiom
take the plungeidiom

tossverb (THROW OUT)


[ Tusually passive ]USinformal
to order a sports player or manager to leave a game because they have broken a rule:
I got tossed after I argued with the officials.
The umpire tossed our pitcher for deliberately throwing at a batter.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Emitting and ejecting
discharge
displace
displaced
displacement
eject
ejection
ejector
emission
emitter
expel
expulsion
exude
give something off
loose
send
send something out
shed
shedding
spew
toss

Phrasal verbs


toss something around
toss something aside
toss something away
toss something off
toss (someone) off
toss something out
toss up

Examples of tossing


tossing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The character of musical responsivity was playful, as exemplified in the tossing back and forth of thematic material in new guises.
Even if we save the lives of either side by tossing a coin, it is still unfair to people who are not saved.
The problem is that without diggers exposing the quartz and tossing the "leaverites," there is hardly anything on the ground.
The two women began tossing verse phrases back and forth giving the composer the idea of using a 'call-and-response' technique for much of the work.
We might instead, for example, prefer to allocate the life-saving drug by tossing a fair coin, giving an equal chance to both patients.
I shall then search for an argument which justifies the case for tossing a coin.
He peeled off a piece of bun, tossing it to a pigeon.
Then, dramatically tossing her head back, she extended her arms above her head in an arabesque.
Tossing a coin to see who goes first is a widely used method.
In that case, we may as well resort to tossing a coin in order to decide whether to save the little girl's life.
Take for example the action of tossing a coin.
It would not disagree with tossing a coin.
We compare the overall bad of unfairness and the difference between the expected number of lives saved by tossing a coin and the number of lives saved for sure.
If there is only one person on each side, tossing a fair coin might be the principle which no one can reasonably reject from individual standpoints.
We didn't see our way clear to being as complete and coherent as you have to be in formal work without tossing out much of the action.
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