toss

音标[tɒs] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 投掷, 抛, 摇摆, 震荡, 掷钱币决定
vt. 投掷, 猛抬, 摇荡, 使不安, 掷钱币决定
vi. 被到处扔, 摇摆, 颠簸, 辗转, 掷钱币决定某事
相关词组:
toss sth aside
toss one's glass
toss all night long
toss for sth
toss sth off
toss up
win the toss
lose the toss

词型变化：

名词:tosser动词过去式:tossed过去分词:tossed现在分词:tossing第三人称单数:tosses

词意辨析：

throw, cast, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, toss

这些动词均有“抛、投、掷”之意。
throw: 普通用词，使用广泛，仅指用力抛掷，不涉及动作方式或感 * 彩。
cast: 常可与throw互换，指迅速扔出一个重量较轻的物体。
fling: 指用力投掷，或因感情激动而粗暴地或漫无目的地扔东西。
heave: 指把重物举起后扔出。
hurl: 通常指用力投掷，动作迅猛，所投掷的距离也较远。
pitch: 指随意地、轻轻地掷或扔，侧重方向性和有明确的目标。
toss: 指无什么目的地、轻轻地、随意地掷或扔，所扔掷的东西一般都比较轻。

英语解释：

名词 toss:

1. the act of flipping a coin同义词：flip
2. (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team同义词：pass, flip
3. an abrupt movement

动词 toss:

1. throw or toss with a light motion同义词：flip, sky, pitch
2. lightly throw to see which side comes up同义词：flip
3. throw carelessly同义词：chuck
4. move or stir about violently同义词：convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, jactitate
5. throw or cast away同义词：discard, fling, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
6. agitate

例句：

1. I can toss off my article for the local newspaper in half an hour.我给本地的报纸写文章只用半小时就可一挥而就。
2. The decision depended on the toss of a coin.那项决定是靠掷硬币的方法做出的。
3. My husband was tossing and turning all night.我丈夫整夜翻来覆去睡不着。
4. The children tossed the ball to each other.孩子们互相把球扔来扔去。
5. Our team won the toss so we play first.我们的队扔硬币赢了，因此由我们队先开球。