Toll

[təʊl] or [tol]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance).

(verb.) ring slowly; 'For whom the bell tolls'.

(verb.) charge a fee for using; 'Toll the bridges into New York City'.

古斯塔夫校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To take away; to vacate; to annul.

(v. t.) To draw; to entice; to allure. See Tole.

(v. t.) To cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell.

(v. t.) To strike, or to indicate by striking, as the hour; to ring a toll for; as, to toll a departed friend.

(v. t.) To call, summon, or notify, by tolling or ringing.

(v. i.) To sound or ring, as a bell, with strokes uniformly repeated at intervals, as at funerals, or in calling assemblies, or to announce the death of a person.

(n.) The sound of a bell produced by strokes slowly and uniformly repeated.

(n.) A tax paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, or the like.

(n.) A liberty to buy and sell within the bounds of a manor.

(n.) A portion of grain taken by a miller as a compensation for grinding.

(v. i.) To pay toll or tallage.

(v. i.) To take toll; to raise a tax.

(v. t.) To collect, as a toll.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Tax (especially on travellers, as in crossing bridges, ferries, &c.), duty, impost, TRIBUTE.

v. a. [Written also Tole.] Allure, draw, draw on.

編輯:弗吉尼亚

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Impost, tax, rate, duty, assessment, contribution, tribute, demand, exaction,[See DIFFICULT_and_TIRESOME]

SYN:Labor, pain, fatigue, drudgery, work, exertion, task, travail

ANT:Ease, relaxation, rest, recreation, amusement, pleasure

SYN:Labor, work, drudge, strive,[See ATOM_and_IOTA]

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解釋/意思:

n. a tax for the liberty of passing over a bridge or road selling goods in a market &c.: a portion of grain taken by a miller for grinding.—v.t. (Shak.) to exact as a tribute.—adj. Toll′able subject to toll.—ns. Toll′age payment of toll: the amount paid as toll; Toll′bar a movable bar across a road &c. to stop passengers liable to toll; Toll′booth a booth where tolls are collected; Toll′bridge a bridge where toll is taken; Toll′dish a dish for measuring the toll in mills; Toll′er Toll′-gath′erer; Toll′gate a gate where toll is taken; Toll′house the house of a toll-gatherer; Toll′man the man who collects toll: a toll-gatherer; Tol′sey (obs.) a tollbooth: an exchange.

v.i. to sound as a large bell esp. with a measured sound as a funeral bell.—v.t. to cause to sound as a bell: to strike or signal by striking.—n. the sound of a bell when tolling.—n. Toll′er.

v.t. (law) to take annul.

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