toll
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died. 敲 (常指喪鍾); (常指喪鍾) 鳴響
Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered. 教堂喪鍾敲響了,黑旗飄動著。
2. N-COUNT A toll is a sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road. (橋梁或道路的) 通行費
You can pay a toll to drive on Pike's Peak Highway or relax and take the Pike's Peak Cog Railway. 你可以付通行費開車上派尅斯峰公路,或者放松一下,乘坐派尅斯峰齒軌式火車。
3. N-COUNT A toll road or toll bridge is a road or bridge that you have to pay to use. (道路或橋梁) 收費[N n]
Most people who drive the toll roads don't use them every day. 大部分開車上收費公路的人不是每天都走公路。
4. N-COUNT A toll is a total number of deaths, accidents, or disasters that occur in a particular period of time. (死亡、事故或災難的) 縂數[journalism]
There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher. 人們擔心傷亡人數可能會更多。
5. →see also death toll
6. PHRASE If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering. 造成壞影響 (或痛苦)
Winter takes its toll on your health. 鼕季影響你的健康。
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toll /təʊl/ (tolling,tolled,tolls)
剑桥词典
- The toll of bankruptcies was rising daily .
- The toll of babies born with AIDS is rising .
toll noun (CHARGE)
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ]a small amount of money that you have to pay to use a road , cross a bridge , etc.
(道路、橋梁等的)通行費
Tolls are now collected electronically on most motorways . 現在絕大部分高速公路採用電子收費。
[ 可數名詞:有複數形式的名詞 ] US
the money a long-distance phone call costs
長途電話費
Is Bayonne a toll call (= a more expensive phone call ) from New York? 從紐約打電話到貝約納是長途嗎?
例句
toll noun (SUFFERING)
[ 不可數或單數名詞:沒有複數形式的名詞 ]suffering , deaths , or damage
傷亡;損失;破壞
Independent sources say that the death toll from the earthquake runs into thousands. 獨立消息人士稱地震中的傷亡人數達到數千人。