lands on
the ground after it has been thrown in the air)
►
OF HEAD A 2 - of your head an act of moving your head suddenly
upwards, especially to show that you are annoyed or impatient ft ± ftl A, M'# A
( ft Wm
) : She
dismissed the question with a toss of her head. )ftift-ftM77»o
►
THROW V) 3 an act of throwing sth, especially in a
competition or game ( Afs a toss
of 10 metres * 10 7iift®:$P
rm not give a 'toss (about sb/sth)
(BrE, slang) to not
care at all about sb/sth H77.1S; — more
at
ARGUE
toss-er /'tDsa(r); NAmE
'tors-/ noun {BrE, slang) a stupid or unpleasant person jlgg;
toss-pot /'tDspnt; NAmE
'ta:spa:t/ noun {BrE, slang) an offensive word for an unpleasant
or stupid person ( 7
wmn.)
'toss-up noun
[sing.] {informal) a situation in which either of two choices,
results, etc. is equally possible (
W. £f^ft )
ft^ftii, $##17: ‘Have you decided on the colour yet?’ ‘It's a
toss-up between the blue and thegreen:
tot /tDt; NAmE tart/ noun,
verb
■
noun 1 (informal) a very
young child ‘if] J L 2 {especially BrE) a small
amount of a strong alcoholic drink in a glass
■
verb (-tt-) ia:i;M ,tot
sth*-*'up {informal,
especially BrE) to add together several numbers or amounts in order to calculate the
total IE • • • UP; it % ■ ■ • ft & ffl S33
ADD UP
total
tHr /'tautl; NAmE
'toutl/ adj., noun, verb
■
adj. [usually before noun] 1 being the amount or number after everyone
or everything is counted or added together & ft ;
& if ft ; ft fo fill; 7 §P ft : the total profit M
fl*[ & o This brought the total number of accidents so far this year
to 113.
£ ^ ft &
fit A Hi 113 & 0
o The club has a total membership of 300. & "M. fi rP
ft J® A & ffc >J 300 A 0 2 including everything ® jj£ ft ; % 7 ft EEd complete : The room was in total darkness. ft M —
Ho o They wanted a total ban on handguns.
0 The
evening was a total disaster.
7 !iU
AftAi
mnoun the amount you get when you add
several numbers or amounts together; the final number of people or things when
they have all been counted & Wi, &M', cKt; >&i+: You got
47points on the written examination and 18 on the oral, making a total of 65. jfo ^ist#7 47&, Pi«7 18jt, Ath 0
His businesses are worth a combined total of $3 billion, life ft ikikinit—®&{j|
30 iL fto 0 Out of a total of 15 games, they only won 2. 15 mm*, M1KJ&7 2
0 The
repairs came to over £500 in total (= including
everything). 500 ^ AH0
— see also grand
TOTAL,
RUNNING TOTAL, SUM TOTAL
■
verb (-
ft 1ft
P 15 fZ.7iCo 2 [VN] ~ sth/sb (up) to add up
the
numbers of sth/sb and get a total fE •••UP^SA; it % • • • ft M.
fP : Each student’s points were totalled and entered in a list. #7^7ft&7#PBi+^iiJ3lt#?iJA^ 7 o 3 [VN] {informal, especially NAmE) to damage a car
very badly, so that it is not worth repairing it ( ) — see also write sth off(2)
at write
totali tar
ian /teu.taela'tearian;
NAmE tou.taela'ter-/ adj. {disapproving) (of a
country or system of government g ^.^M.MWV\) in which there is
only one political party that has complete power and control over the people
MIXiAft ► to tali tar ian ism /-izam/ noun [U]
to
tal ity /tau'taelati;
NAmE tou-/ noun [C, U] {formal) the
state of being complete or whole; the whole number or amount 7 #; 7 §P ; H 7;
& ; & W.: The
serious
ness of the situation is difficult to appreciate in its totality. *&„
to tal iza tor {BrE also -isa-tor) /'tautalaizeita(r);
NAmE 'tout-/ (also to-tal-izer, -iser /'tautalaiza(r); NAmE 'tout-/) noun
a device for showing the number and amount of bets put on a race )
tot
al ly /'tautali; NAmE 'tou-/ adv. completely ^ 7; 7 nP JE; H 7 IE: They come from totally different
cultures, jE i\] A M 7 7 ft ft A it <> 0 I’m still not totally convinced that he knows what he’s doing, o This
behaviour is totally unacceptable. 17 # fr A M tv 7 7 tk II ft ft o 0 {informal,
especially NAmE) ‘She’s so cute!’ ‘Totally {= I agree)/' “ ffl % M ffi W 1ft A ! ” “ - £ 7 jg1 ” 0 {informal)
It’s a
totally awesome experience. 1^ Jt7#M7ft^Mo
.total .physical re sponse noun [u] (abbr. TPR) a
method of teaching a language in which students learn words and phrases by
doing activities which are connected with what they are learning ( iff Wffc^ft
)
tote /taut;
NAmE tout/ noun, verb
• noun 1 (also the Tote) [sing.] a system of betting on horses in which the total
amount of money that is bet on each race is divided among the people who bet on
the winners ( #3,ft ) Bt7it2 (also 'tote bag) [c] {NAmE)
a large bag for carrying things with you A «; AMft
►
verb [VN] 1 {informal, especially NAmE) to
carry sth, especially sth heavy ^l5(Alefi#J): We arrived,
toting our bags and suitcases. !£f]#ir$l£L#ir AHSJ7 UP Mo 2 -toting (iq adjectives carrying the
thing mentioned ••• ft:
gun-toting
soldiers j^jftft
totem /'tautam;
NAmE 'tou-/ noun an animal or other
natural object that is chosen and respected as a special symbol of a community
or family, especially among Native Americans; an image of this animal, etc. ( jtfe
Hi*H±i:ft)®ft; to-tem-k /tau'temik;
NAmE tou-/ adj.: totemic animals 'totem pole noun 1 a tall wooden pole that has symbols and pictures
(called totems) carved or
painted on it, traditionally made by Native Americans Sif± 2 {NAmE,
informal) a range of different levels in an organization, etc. ( ifl^^ftft ) lO'J: I
didn’t want to be low man on the totem pole for ever. 3$ 7HAja^7A^o
t’other /’tA59(r)/
adj., pron. {BrE, dialect) the
other ( M #7ft ) ^7ft: I saw it t’other day. JlAtuflc
Jftilt: o o They were talking of this, that and
t’other.
MliM, «, AM7i£o
tOtO £>
IN TOTO
tot-ter /■ tDta(r); NAmE 'tart-/ verb
[V] 1 [usually +adv./
prep.] to walk or move with weak unsteady steps,
especially because you are drunk or ill/sick i$il]; lif
S&MM FT771 stagger 2 to be
weak and seem likely to fall M ^ M M % % : the tottering walls of the castle A l&i 1? M M M: ft *§ H o {figurative) a tottering dictatorship Ml|fiK&?ft$&f^'/n totty /’tnti; NAmE 'ta:ti/ noun
[U] {BrE, slang) sexually attractive women (an expression used by men,
and usually offensive to women)
tou can /'turkaen/ noun a tropical
American bird that is black with some areas of very bright feathers, and that
has a very large beak fJ|^, gJtJS, (
K, Itt)
touch /tAtj/ verb, noun
►
verb
► WITH HAND/PART OF BODY ffl 1 [VN] to put
your hand or another
part of your body onto sb/sth M H ; fit: Don’t touch that plate—it’s hot! U1! # UP 7 ^
7v 0 Can you touch your toes {= bend and reach
them with your hands)? O I
touched him lightly on the arm. f^$£#7®Mlkft7ff o 0 He has hardly touched the ball all game. Jl
0 {figurative) I must do some more work on that
article—I haven’t touched it all week. ffciEff&UP