| 释义 |
toll1/təʊl/n. 1 a charge payable for permission to pass a barrier or use a bridge or road etc. (通过障碍、桥梁或道路等的)通行费 2 the cost or damage caused by a disaster, battle, etc., or incurred in an achievement (付出的)代价；(遭受的)损失；(灾难、战争等造成的)死亡人数 death toll 死亡人数 3 N. Amer. a charge for a long distance telephone call [北美] (长途)电话费 □ take its toll be accompanied by loss or injury etc. 造成损失(或伤害等) [Old English via medieval Latin toloneum and Late Latin teloneum from Greek telōnion ‘toll-house’, from telos ‘tax’] |