動變: 過去式:tolled 過去分詞:tolled 現在進行時:tolling
toll1
n.[C]
- (路,橋等的)通行費
- 使用費;服務費
- 長途電話費
- (市場的)設攤費
- 損失;傷亡人數[S]
- 通行(或使用)費徵收處
vt.
- 向……徵收捐稅(或通行費等)
vi.
- 徵收捐稅(或通行費等)
辨析
toll2
vt.
- (緩慢而反覆地)敲(鐘)
- (鐘)鳴報,召喚;發出
vi.
- (鐘)緩慢而反覆地敲響
n.
- 鐘聲,喪鐘聲[S]
辨析
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
toll1
n.
- a charge payable to use a bridge or road. ▸N. Amer. a charge for a long-distance telephone call.
- the number of deaths or casualties arising from an accident, disaster, etc.
- an adverse effect.
v.
[usu. as noun tolling] charge a toll for the use of (a bridge or road).Phrase
- take its toll
(or take a heavy toll)
have an adverse effect.
Etymology
OE, from med. L. toloneum, alt. of late L. teloneum, from Gk telōnion ‘toll house’, from telos ‘tax’.
toll2
v.
(with reference to a bell) sound or cause to sound with a slow, uniform succession of strokes.▸(of a bell) announce (the time, a service, or a person's death) in this way.
n.
a single ring of a bell.Etymology
ME: prob. a special use of dial. toll ‘drag, pull’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》