| 釋義 |
toll1 /taol; tol/ n [C] 1 payment required for the use of a road, bridge,harbour, etc. (使用道路、 橋梁、海港等的) 通行稅或費(fèi); 過橋費(fèi); 過路費(fèi); 港稅。 ' ~- bar/-gate n bar/gate across a road at which a ~ is payable. (征收過路費(fèi)的) 卡門; 征收卡; 關(guān)閘。 '~-house n house for the man in charge of a —bar. (過路費(fèi)等的) 征收所。 2 (fig) sth paid,, lost or suffered: (喻) 付出、失去或損失之物; 代價(jià); 犧牲： the ~ of the roads, deaths and injuries from traffic accidents. 交通事故的傷亡人數(shù)。 The war took a heavy ~ of the nation's manhood. 戰(zhàn)爭攫取了該國許多男子的生命。 3 ， ~ call n telephone call for which the rates are higher than for local calls. 長途電話 (比當(dāng)?shù)仉娫捹M(fèi)高者) 。 |