toll
n
1 money paid for the use of a road, bridge, harbour, etc (道路、 橋梁、 港口等的)使用費, 通行費, 停泊費.
2 loss or damage caused by sth 某事造成的損失或毀壞
the death-toll in the earthquake, on the roads, after the massacre, ie the number of people killed 地震、 交通事故、 大屠殺的死亡人數.
3 (idm 習語) take a heavy toll/take its toll (of sth) cause loss, damage, etc 造成損失、 毀壞等
The war took a heavy toll of human life. 這次戰爭奪去了許多人的生命.
Every year at Christmas drunken driving takes its toll. 每年的圣誕節都有醉酒駕車的傷亡事故.
toll v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (for sb/sth) ring (a bell) with slow regular strokes, esp for a death or funeral 緩慢而有規律地敲(鐘); (尤指)敲(喪鐘).
2 [Ipr] ~ (for sb/sth) (of a bell) sound in this way (指鐘)緩慢而有規律地鳴響. toll, n [sing]
sound of a tolling bell 緩慢而有規律的鐘聲.