toss

1. V-T If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a careless way. 扔

Just toss it in the rubbish. 把它扔進(jìn)垃圾桶就可以了。

2. V-T If you toss your head or toss your hair, you move your head backward, quickly and suddenly, often as a way of expressing an emotion such as anger or contempt. 甩 (表達(dá)憤怒、蔑視等情感)

"I'm sure I don't know." Deb tossed her head. “我確實(shí)不知道?！钡虏妓︻^說道。

3. N-COUNT Toss is also a noun. 后甩

With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his beer. 鮑勃仰頭咕咚咕咚幾大口喝完了剩下的啤酒。

4. V-T 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 upward when it lands. 拋 (硬幣)

We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the bagels. 我們拋硬幣來決定誰出去買百吉圈。

5. N-COUNT Toss is also a noun. 拋硬幣的方法

It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin. 最好用拋硬幣的方式來對此事做決定。

6. PHRASE If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep, for example, because you are sick or worried. 輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)

I try to go back to sleep and toss and turn for a while. 我努力重新入睡，輾轉(zhuǎn)反側(cè)了一會兒。