toll

noun

/təʊl/

Idioms

[countable] money that you pay to use a particular road or bridge（道路、桥梁的）通行费
- motorway tolls高速公路通行费
- a toll bridge收费桥梁
- the possibility of imposing tolls on some motorways一些高速公路征收通行费的可能性
Synonyms rate
ratecharge ▪ fee ▪ rent ▪ fine ▪ fare ▪ toll ▪ rentalThese are all words for an amount of money that is charged or paid for something.
rate a fixed amount of money that is asked or paid for something:
a low hourly rate of pay按小时支付的低报酬
interest rates利率
charge an amount of money that is asked for goods or services:
an admission charge入场费
fee (rather formal) an amount of money that you have to pay for professional advice or services, to go to a school or college, or to join an organization:
legal fees律师费
an annual membership fee 年度会费
rent an amount of money that you regularly have to pay for use of a building or room. In American English, rent can be used to mean rental: The weekly rent on the car was over $300. fine a sum of money that must be paid as punishment for breaking a law or rule:
a parking fine违规停车罚款
fare the money that you pay to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.toll an amount of money that you have to pay to use a particular road or bridge.rental an amount of money that you have to pay to use something for a particular period of time.
rent or rental?In British English rent is only money paid to use a building or room: for other items use rental. In American English rent can be used for both, but rental is still more common for other items.Patterns
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental for something
- (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/toll/rental on something
- at a rate/charge/fee/rent/fare/rental of…
- for a charge/fee
- to pay (a) rate/charge/fee/rent/fine/fare/toll/rental
- to charge (a) rate/fee/rent/fare/toll/rental
Wordfinder
- clamp
- cone
- contraflow
- pedestrian
- roadworks
- speed hump
- tailback
- toll
- traffic
- zebra crossing
see also e-tollTopics Transport by car or lorryc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- highway
- motorway
- road
- …
verb + toll
- charge
- collect
- exact
- …
toll + noun
- bridge
- highway
- motorway
- …
[countable, usually singular] the amount of damage or the number of deaths and injuries that are caused in a particular war, disaster, etc.（战争、灾难等造成的）损失，伤亡人数
- the war’s growing casualty toll不断增长的战争伤亡人数
- Every hour, the news bulletin reported the mounting toll of casualties.新闻公报每小时都会报道不断增加的伤亡人数。
see also death tollTopics The environmentc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- devastating
- enormous
- great
- …
verb + toll
- exact
- take
- estimate
- …
toll + verb
- mount
- rise
- reach something
- …
preposition
- toll on
phrases
- bring the toll to
- put the toll at
[singular] the sound of a bell ringing with slow, regular sounds（缓慢而有规律的）钟声
[countable] (North American English) a charge for a phone call that is calculated at a higher rate than a local call长途电话费Topics Phones, email and the internetc2

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 and noun sense 4 Old English (denoting a charge, tax, or duty), from medieval Latin toloneum, alteration of late Latin teloneum, from Greek telōnion ‘toll house’, from telos ‘tax’. Sense (2) (late 19th cent.) arose from the notion of paying a toll or tribute in human lives (to an adversary or to death). noun sense 3 late Middle English: probably a special use of dialect toll ‘drag, pull’.

Idioms

take a heavy toll (on somebody/something) | take its toll (on somebody/something)

to have a bad effect on somebody/something; to cause a lot of damage, deaths, pain, etc.产生恶果；造成重大损失（或伤亡、痛苦等）
- Illness had taken a heavy toll on her.疾病对她的身体造成极大的损害。
- The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.经济衰退使住房市场遭受着重大损失。
- The pressure of fame can take a terrible toll.名声的压力能造成可怕的伤害。

toll

verb

/təʊl/

[intransitive, transitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they toll	/təʊl/ /təʊl/
he / she / it tolls	/təʊlz/ /təʊlz/
past simple tolled	/təʊld/ /təʊld/
past participle tolled	/təʊld/ /təʊld/
-ing form tolling	/ˈtəʊlɪŋ/ /ˈtəʊlɪŋ/

when a bell tolls or somebody tolls it, it is rung slowly many times, especially as a sign that somebody has died（缓慢而有规律地）敲（钟）；（尤指）鸣（丧钟）
- toll (for somebody) The Abbey bell tolled for those killed in the war.大教堂为战争中的死难者鸣钟。
- Ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.不要问丧钟为谁而鸣；它为你而鸣。
- toll something The bell tolled the hour.鸣钟报时。
- (figurative) The revolution tolled the death knell (= signalled the end) for the Russian monarchy.那场革命敲响了俄国君主制的丧钟。
Word Originverb late Middle English: probably a special use of dialect toll ‘drag, pull’.