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toll
n
1 money paid for the use of a road, bridge, harbour, etc (道路、 桥梁、 港口等的)使用费, 通行费, 停泊费.
2 loss or damage caused by sth 某事造成的损失或毁坏
the death-toll in the earthquake, on the roads, after the massacre, ie the number of people killed 地震、 交通事故、 大屠杀的死亡人数.
3 (idm 习语) take a heavy toll/take its toll (of sth) cause loss, damage, etc 造成损失、 毁坏等
The war took a heavy toll of human life. 这次战争夺去了许多人的生命.
Every year at Christmas drunken driving takes its toll. 每年的圣诞节都有醉酒驾车的伤亡事故.
toll v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (for sb/sth) ring (a bell) with slow regular strokes, esp for a death or funeral 缓慢而有规律地敲(钟); (尤指)敲(丧钟).
2 [Ipr] ~ (for sb/sth) (of a bell) sound in this way (指钟)缓慢而有规律地鸣响. toll, n [sing]
sound of a tolling bell 缓慢而有规律的钟声.
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