Toss

[tɒs] or [tɔs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an abrupt movement; 'a toss of his head'.

(verb.) agitate; 'toss the salad'.

編輯:瑞伊--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To throw with the hand; especially, to throw with the palm of the hand upward, or to throw upward; as, to toss a ball.

(v. t.) To lift or throw up with a sudden or violent motion; as, to toss the head.

(v. t.) To cause to rise and fall; as, a ship tossed on the waves in a storm.

(v. t.) To agitate; to make restless.

(v. t.) Hence, to try; to harass.

(v. t.) To keep in play; to tumble over; as, to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar.

(v. i.) To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion; to write; to fling.

(v. i.) To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean.

(n.) A throwing upward, or with a jerk; the act of tossing; as, the toss of a ball.

(n.) A throwing up of the head; a particular manner of raising the head with a jerk.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Throw (by the hand and upward), throw up.[2]. Fling, pitch, cast, hurl.[3]. Agitate, shake, rock.

v. n. [1]. Roll, writhe, tumble about, be uneasy.[2]. Be agitated, be tossed.

編輯:菲利普

解釋/意思:

v.t. to throw up suddenly or violently: to cause to rise and fall: to make restless: to agitate pass from one to another: to toss up with: to drink off: to dress out smartly.—v.i. to be tossed: to be in violent commotion: to tumble about: to fling.—n. act of throwing upward: a throwing up of the head: confusion commotion: a toss-up.—v.t. Toss′en (Spens.) to toss to brandish.—n. Toss′er.—adv. Toss′ily pertly.—ns. Toss′ing the act of tossing or throwing upward: (B.) violent commotion: (mining) process of washing ores; Toss′-pot (Shak.) a toper a drunkard; Toss′-up the throwing up of a coin to decide anything: an even chance or hazard.—adj. Toss′y pert contemptuous.—Toss off to drink off; Toss up to throw up a coin and wager on which side it will fall.

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