[T] to throw something, especially something light, with a quick gentle movement of your hand

扔，掷，抛〔尤指轻的东西〕:

She crumpled the letter and tossed it into the fire.

她把信揉成一团，扔进了火里。

Toss that book over, will you?

把那本书扔过来，好吗？

'Catch!' said Sandra, tossing her bag to him.

“接着！”桑德拉说着就把她的包扔给他。

Frank tossed her the newspaper.

弗兰克把报纸扔给了她。

[I,T] to move about continuously in a violent or uncontrolled way, or to make something do this

（使）动来动去;（使）翻转不停:

The small boat was tossed about like a cork.

小船被抛来抛去，像软木一样浮在水面上。

toss and turn, to keep changing your position in bed because you cannot sleep

〔因睡不着在床上〕翻来覆去:

I've been tossing and turning all night.

我一晚上辗转反侧。

also toss up [I,T] [especially BrE] to throw a coin in the air, so that a decision will be made according to the side that faces upwards when it comes down

把（硬币）抛向空中〔以决定某事〕;

They tossed a coin to decide who would go first.

他们抛硬币决定谁先走。

We couldn't make up our minds, so we decided to toss for it.

我们拿不定主意，所以决定抛硬币来定。

[T] to throw something up into the air and let it fall to the ground

把…抛向高空:

The crowd cheered, banging pots and tossing confetti into the air.

人群欢呼起来，又是敲盆砸罐，又是往空中抛撒五彩纸屑。

toss a pancake, [BrE] to throw a PANCAKE upwards so that it turns over in the air and lands on the side that you want to cook

把煎饼颠起翻面;

[T] to move pieces of food about in a small amount of liquid so that they become covered with the liquid

〔在液体中〕摇晃，搅拌〔食物〕:

Toss the carrots in some butter before serving.

上桌前把胡萝卜放在黄油里搅拌一下。

toss your head / hair, [written] to move your head or hair back suddenly, often with a shaking movement showing anger

把头往后一仰/头发往后一甩〔表示气愤〕:

He tossed his head angrily and left the room.

他气愤地把头一甩，离开了房间。

the act of throwing a coin in the air to decide something, especially who will do something first in a game

抛硬币决定:

The toss of a coin decided who would go first.

抛硬币决定了谁先走。

Malory won the toss and will serve.

马洛里抛硬币赢了，他将先发球。

a sudden backwards movement of your head, so that your hair moves, often showing anger

猛一仰头:

'I'll see,' the nurse said, with an officious toss of her head .

护士架子十足地一甩头，说:“我来看看。”

a gentle throw

〔轻轻的〕抛，扔，投

[BrE spoken] to not care about something at all

根本不在乎:

I really couldn't give a toss what Sam thinks.

我对萨姆怎么想真的一点都不在乎。