toll

🇬🇧 UK/tәul/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A fee charged for using a road or bridge; the loss or damage caused by a disaster or hardship.

通行费;(灾难造成的)代价,损失

v.

To ring a bell slowly and repeatedly; to charge a toll for use of a road.

缓慢敲响(钟);征收通行费

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
tollother
=toll

Common Collocations

  • 1.death toll死亡人数
  • 2.take a toll造成损耗/带来影响
  • 3.toll road收费公路
  • 4.heavy toll沉重代价

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Drivers must pay a toll before crossing the bridge into the city.

  • 2.

    The death toll from the earthquake has risen to over five hundred people.

  • 3.

    Years of overwork began to take a serious toll on his health.

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