1[VERB 动词]扔；抛；掷 If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a rather careless way.

[V n prep/adv]

[V n n]

He screwed the paper into a ball and tossed it into the fire...
他把纸揉成一团扔进火里。
He tossed his blanket aside and got up…
他把毯子掀到一边起了身。
He tossed Malone a can of beer, and took one himself.
他扔给马隆一罐啤酒，自己也拿了一罐。

2[VERB 动词](常表示愤怒或轻蔑地)甩(头或头发) If you toss your head or toss your hair, you move your head backwards, quickly and suddenly, often as a way of expressing an emotion such as anger or contempt.

[V n]

[V n prep/adv]

[usu sing]

'I'm sure I don't know.' Cook tossed her head...
“我确信我不知道。”库克一甩头说。
Gasping, she tossed her hair out of her face.
她气喘吁吁地把头发从脸上甩开。
Toss is also a noun.
- With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his beer.
  鲍勃猛一仰脖，咕嘟咕嘟几大口喝完了杯中剩下的啤酒。

3[VERB 动词]掷(硬币以决定) 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 upwards when it lands.

[V n]

We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the buns.
我们掷硬币决定谁出去买小圆面包。
Toss is also a noun.
- It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin.
  还不如用抛硬币的方法来决定。

4[N-SING 单数名词]掷硬币决定 The toss is a way of deciding something, such as who is going to go first in a game, that consists of spinning a coin into the air and guessing which side of the coin will face upwards when it lands.

[the N]

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first.
孟加拉国队掷硬币赢了，决定先击球。

5[VERB 动词]使摇动；使颠簸 If something such as the wind or sea tosses an object, it causes it to move from side to side or up and down.

[V n]

[be V-ed adv/prep]

[LITERARY 文]

The seas grew turbulent, tossing the small boat like a cork...
海浪变得汹涌澎湃，把小船像漂浮的软木塞一样抛来甩去。
As the plane was tossed up and down, the pilot tried to stabilise it.
飞机上下颠簸，飞行员试图将其稳住。

6[VERB 动词]（在液体中）轻轻搅拌(食物) If you toss food while preparing it, you put pieces of it into a liquid and lightly shake them so that they become covered with the liquid.

[V n]

[V n in n]

[V-ed]

Do not toss the salad until you're ready to serve...
到快上菜时再轻轻搅拌色拉。
Add the grated orange rind and toss the apple slices in the mixture...
加入磨碎的橙皮，再将苹果片在其中轻拌。
Serve straight from the dish with a tossed green salad.
配上拌过了的田园色拉直接上桌。

7See also:toss-up；

8[PHRASE 短语]为不重要的事争论不休 If you say that someone argues the toss, you are criticizing them for continuing to argue for longer than is necessary about something that is not very important.

[V inflects]

[disapproval]

[BRIT 英]

They were still arguing the toss about the first goal...
他们仍在为第一个进球争论不休。
They spend so much time arguing the toss over inconsequential matters.
他们花了这么多时间为无关紧要的事争个没完。

9[PHRASE 短语]介意，在乎 If you say that you do not give a toss about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about them at all.

[with brd-neg]

[emphasis]

[BRIT 英]

[INFORMAL 非正式]

Well, who gives a toss about sophistication anyway?...
嗯，不管怎样，谁会在意高雅时髦呢？
I don't give a toss what people think…
我才不在乎人们怎么想呢。
The rest of us really couldn't give a toss； money's what we want.
我们其余这些人根本不在乎：我们想要的就是钱。

10[PHRASE 短语]辗转反侧；翻来覆去 If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep properly, for example because you are ill or worried.

[Vs inflect]

You feel as if you've been tossing and turning all night, and wake up feeling worn out.
感觉就像整夜翻来覆去睡不着、醒来时浑身疲惫一样。