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toss (obj)HtBs, $tB:svto throw (esp. something light) carelessly扔，抛He had carelessly tossed the clothes into the machine without checking the pockets. [T]他粗心地把衣服扔进洗衣机，没有检查一下口袋。His horse was startled by something and tossed him onto the ground. [T]他的马因某样东西受了惊，把他抛在了地上。He tossed the paper away over his shoulder. [T]他把报纸向肩膀后面一抛。Andrew tossed the ball quickly to his brother.安德鲁很快地把球抛给了他的兄弟。Andrew tossed him the ball. [+ two objects]安德鲁把球抛给了他。Within minutes, the hurricane ripped up greenhouses, tossed a 63-foot trailer 50 yards and destroyed homes. [T]几分钟之内，飓风就刮掉了暖棚，把一辆长63英尺的拖车抛出了50码远，毁坏了人们的家园。(fig.) He saw Florida as a frontier state where all the rules had been tossed aside (= got rid of) in the scramble to settle, to build, to prosper. [M]他把佛罗里达看作一个在边境的州，在一片定居、建造、发财的混乱中那里所有的法规条例都被抛在一边了。(fig.) That much money is not to be tossed away (= spent or lost) lightly. [M]那么多钱不应该随随便便地花掉。(fig.) One thought being tossed around (= considered by many people) is that a larger programme of saving might be stretched over a couple of years. [M]许多人正在考虑的一个想法是可以将一个更为大型的救助活动延长几年。If you toss your hair or a part of your body you move it up and back suddenly.甩; 突然举起The girl tossed back her hair. [M]这个女孩向后甩了一下她的头发。The horse tossed its head/mane. [T]这匹马甩了一下它的头/鬃毛。When you toss food you shake or mix small pieces of it together with a sauce or DRESSING拌Any leftover sauce can be tossed with plain cooked cubed chicken and water chestnuts for a tasty salad. [T]任何剩余下来的调味料可以和用清水煮过的鸡丁及菱角拌在一起，做成美味可口的色拉。a tossed salad一道拌色拉carrots tossed in butter奶油拌胡萝卜You toss a pancake by moving the pan in which it is cooking quickly into the air so that the pancake comes out and turns over before falling back into the pan. [T]使煎饼腾空翻转落下If you toss and turn you move about from side to side or turn a lot in bed, esp. because you cannot sleep.翻来覆去，辗转反侧不能入睡I was tossing and turning all night.我整夜辗转反侧。When you toss (up) or toss a coin you throw the coin up into the air and guess which side will land facing up as a way of deciding which of two things you will do.掷硬币决定"I'll toss you (for it) -- heads or tails?" "Tails!" "It's heads, so I win!" [T] “我和你掷硬币来决定----正面还是反面？”“反面！”“是正面，我赢了！”They tossed (up) for the last ticket. [I]他们掷硬币来决定最后一张票归谁。Let's toss a coin to see who'll go first.让我们掷硬币来看谁得第一。(infml) If you describe a situation as a toss-up you mean that either of two possibilities are equally likely.机会均等，难以定夺It was a toss-up which company would get the contract.哪个公司会得到这份合同尚难预料。It's a toss-up between Angela and Moira for the editor's job.安吉拉和莫伊拉谁能得到编辑职位还难知分晓。
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