2VERB (常表示愤怒或轻蔑地)甩(头或头发) If you toss your head or toss your hair, you move your head backwards, quickly and suddenly, often as a way of expressing an emotion such as anger or contempt. (常表示愤怒或轻蔑地)甩(头或头发)
'I'm sure I don't know.' Cook tossed her head. [VERB noun]
“我确信我不知道。”库克一甩头说。
Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his beer.
鲍勃猛一仰脖,咕嘟咕嘟几大口喝完了杯中剩下的啤酒。
3VERB 掷(硬币以决定) In sports and informal situations, if you decide something by tossing a coin, you spin a coin into the air and guess which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands. 掷(硬币以决定)
We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the buns. [VERB noun]
It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin.
还不如用抛硬币的方法来决定。
4N-SING 掷硬币决定The toss is a way of deciding something, such as who is going to go first in a game, that consists of spinning a coin into the air and guessing which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands. 掷硬币决定
6VERB (在液体中)轻轻搅拌(食物) If you toss food while preparing it, you put pieces of it into a liquid and lightly shake them so that they become covered with the liquid. (在液体中)轻轻搅拌(食物)
Do not toss the salad until you're ready to serve. [VERB noun]
到快上菜时再轻轻搅拌色拉。
Add the grated orange rind and toss the apple slices in the mixture. [VERB noun + in]
加入磨碎的橙皮,再将苹果片在其中轻拌。
Serve straight from the dish with a tossed green salad. [VERB-ed]
8PHRASE 为不重要的事争论不休 If you say that someone argues the toss, you are criticizing them for continuing to argue for longer than is necessary about something that is not very important. 为不重要的事争论不休 [British, disapproval]
They were still arguing the toss about the first goal. [+ about]
他们仍在为第一个进球争论不休。
They spend so much time arguing the toss over inconsequential matters.
他们花了这么多时间为无关紧要的事争个没完。
9PHRASE 介意,在乎 If you say that you do not give a toss about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about them at all. 介意,在乎 [British, informal, emphasis]
Well, who gives a toss about sophistication anyway?. [+ about]
嗯,不管怎样,谁会在意高雅时髦呢?
I don't give a toss what people think…
我才不在乎人们怎么想呢。
The rest of us really couldn't give a toss; money's what we want.
我们其余这些人根本不在乎:我们想要的就是钱。
10PHRASE 辗转反侧;翻来覆去 If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried. 辗转反侧;翻来覆去
You feel as if you've been tossing and turning all night, and wake up feeling worn out.