| 单词 | toss-up |
| 释义 | toss-upWord forms: plural toss-ups countable noun If you say that it is a toss-up whether one thing will happen or another thing will happen, you mean that either result seems equally likely. It's a toss-up whether oil prices will go up or down over the days ahead. [Also + between]toss up in British Englishverb (adverb) 1. to spin (a coin) in the air in order to decide between alternatives by guessing which side will fall uppermost 2. (transitive) to prepare (food) quickly noun toss-up 3. an instance of tossing up a coin 4. informal an even chance or risk; gamble toss-up in British English (ˈtɒsʌp) noun 1. an instance of spinning a coin into the air and guessing which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands. Used as a way of deciding something, such as who is going to go first in a game 2. an even chance or risk; gamble The best film Oscar remains a toss-up. It's a toss-up whether oil prices will go up or down over the days ahead. There was a time when it was a real toss-up whether I could continue. toss up in American English to toss a coin for deciding something according to which side lands uppermost More idioms containing |
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