toss
名詞
定義 toss 名詞
movement
- CountableUsually singular
A sudden, quick movement.
"I don't care," she replied with a toss of her head.
He showed his displeasure with a quick toss of his head.
She started walking with a gentle toss of her long hair.
throw
- Countable
An act of throwing something in a careless or relaxed way.
He gave a toss of the keys onto the table.
She gave a careless toss of her coat onto the chair.
He made a relaxed toss of the ball to his teammate.
片語 toss 名詞
- a toss of a coin
a method of deciding something by flipping a coin and guessing which side will face up when it lands
• Unable to agree on a restaurant, they decided to settle it with a toss of a coin.
- win/lose the toss
To correctly or incorrectly guess which side of a coin will face upwards after being tossed and landing.
• Before the start of the soccer match, the captains will toss a coin, and the team that wins the toss gets to choose to kick-off or which side to play on.
動詞
定義 toss 動詞
throw
- C2TransitiveVerb + adv/prep
To throw something carelessly.
She glanced at the receipt and then tossed it into the trash can.
He tossed the ball high into the air.
Please toss the pillow to me.
food
- Transitive
To shake or mix small pieces of food together with a sauce or dressing.
Toss all the ingredients together with the vinaigrette.
Toss the vegetables with the dressing.
Please toss the salad with the dressing before serving.
move
- Transitive
To move your hair or a part of your body up and back suddenly.
She tossed her hair back impatiently.
He tossed his head back in annoyance.
She tossed back her head easily, looking composed.
coin
- C1TransitiveIntransitive
To throw a coin up into the air and guess which side will land facing up, as a way of making a decision.
Let's toss a coin to decide who speaks first.
"Let's toss for it - heads or tails?"
I'll toss a coin to decide if I should go.
片語 toss 動詞
- toss a pancake
To quickly and abruptly lift the pan while cooking a pancake, causing the pancake to flip in the air and land back into the pan.
• He practiced tossing a pancake until he could do it smoothly.
- toss and turn
To move restlessly from side to side in bed, typically due to an inability to fall asleep.
• She tossed and turned all night, worried about her exam the next day.
成語
- not give/care a toss
To indicate a complete lack of concern or interest in something.
• She doesn't give a toss about what others gossip about.
片語動詞 toss
- toss something around
To toss ideas, suggestions, or phrases around means to present and deliberate them among people.
• During the meeting, we tossed around a lot of different options.
- toss up
to flip a coin into the air, predicting which side will face up in order to make a decision
• My friend and I couldn't decide what to have for dinner, so we tossed up a coin.
- toss something away
to carelessly dispose of or use up something
• If you don't need the book, just toss it away.
- toss something off
to complete a task swiftly, often without much care or effort
• She tossed off the essay in fifteen minutes, making it seem like an afterthought.
- toss something aside
to dispose of or disregard something by throwing it away
• He tossed aside all the unnecessary papers to clear off his desk.
- toss (someone) off
to provide sexual satisfaction to someone by stroking their genitalia, or to perform self-pleasure in this manner.
• In adult films, actors often perform provocative scenes to provide sexual satisfaction to viewers by tossing someone off.
- toss something out
to dispose of or eliminate something
• He decided to toss out his old clothes.