| 单词 | road toll |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad toll road toll n. (a) a tax or toll paid for using a road; the right to collect this; (b) (now chiefly Australian) the number of people killed in road accidents, esp. over a given period. Π 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 107 The road-toll to Sterbfritz is an Imperial fief. 1794 W. Marshall in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 206 A shameful road toll. 1863 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 33 247 In parts of Gorulia, money is left upon the ground, rather than pay the road tolls and ferry dues. 1966 B. Castle in Highway Code 1 The road toll is a tragic waste—a waste of lives, a squandering of resources. 1998 BBC Top Gear Mag. Sept. 19/3 Drivers will be hit by a double whammy of new road tolls and parking taxes. 2009 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 13 Victoria has recorded its lowest Easter road toll in a decade with only one death. < as lemmas |
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