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单词 toll
释义

tollnoun

uk/təʊl/us/toʊl/

toll noun (CHARGE)

C1 [ C ] a small amount of money that you have to pay to use a road, cross a bridge, etc.:

Tolls are now collected electronically on most motorways.

[ C ] US the money a long-distance phone call costs:

Is Bayonne a toll call (= a more expensive phone call) from New York?

More examples

  • The toll of bankruptcies was rising daily.
  • The toll of babies born with AIDS is rising.

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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles

  • aquaplaning
  • back sth up
  • boxed in
  • bump start
  • bus driver
  • car seat
  • carve
  • corner
  • dip
  • driver
  • driving
  • foot
  • hold the road idiom
  • manoeuvring
  • motor
  • motorist
  • mph
  • pull away
  • scorch
  • turning circle

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Taxation
Bills & invoices
Communications - by telephone

toll noun (SUFFERING)

C2 [ U ] suffering, deaths, or damage:

Independent sources say that the death toll from the earthquake runs into thousands.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Death and dying

  • be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
  • bereave
  • bite
  • bury
  • buy the farm idiom
  • deceased
  • depart
  • done
  • drop
  • expire
  • foot
  • gone
  • inquest
  • loss
  • peg
  • posthumous
  • road kill
  • SIDS
  • sudden infant death syndrome
  • the disappeared

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Injuring and injuries
Damaging and spoiling

Idiom(s)

take its/a toll

tollverb [ I or T ]

uk/təʊl/us/toʊl/

to (cause a large bell to) ring slowly and repeatedly:

In the distance, a church bell tolled the hour (= showed the time by ringing).

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

  • clash
  • crackling
  • ding
  • ding-a-ling
  • ding-dong
  • fizz
  • hoot
  • jangling
  • knock
  • pip
  • rasp
  • ringer
  • rumbling
  • sing
  • slam
  • swish
  • thud
  • twang
  • whine
  • whistle

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