toll
UK [təʊl] US [toʊl] noun
CHARGE 收费
countable
■a small amount of money that you have to pay to use a road, cross a bridge, etc （道路、桥梁等的）通行费•He's just got a job collecting tolls at the start of the motorway.他刚刚得到了一份在高速公路入口处收通行费的工作。 countable US
■the money a long-distance telephone call costs 长途电话费•Is Bayonne a toll call (= a more expensive telephone call) from New York?从纽约打电话到贝约纳是长途吗？
UK [təʊl] US [toʊl] noun
SUFFERING 痛苦
ADVANCED uncountable
■suffering, deaths or damage 伤亡；损失；破坏•Independent sources say that the death toll from the earthquake runs into thousands.独立消息人士称地震中的伤亡人数达到数千人。
UK [təʊl] US [toʊl] noun
take its/their/a toll
■If something takes its/their/a toll, it causes suffering, deaths or damage 造成损失（或伤亡、破坏）•The problems of the past few months have taken their toll on her health and there are shadows beneath her eyes.过去几个月的问题影响了她的健康，她眼睛出现黑眼圈。 •The deepening recession has also taken its toll in the south of the country, where unemployment is rife.日益加剧的经济衰退也严重影响到该国南部地区，那里的失业率居高不下。
UK [təʊl] US [toʊl] verb intransitive or transitive
■to (cause a large bell to) ring slowly and repeatedly （使）缓慢而反覆地鸣响•In the distance, a church bell tolled the hour (= showed the time by ringing).远处传来教堂报时的钟声。 |