toll
n
1 money paid for the use of a road, bridge, harbour, etc (道路、 桥梁、 港口等的)使用费, 通行费, 停泊费.
2 loss or damage caused by sth 某事造成的损失或毁坏
the death-toll in the earthquake, on the roads, after the massacre, ie the number of people killed 地震、 交通事故、 大屠杀的死亡人数.
3 (idm 习语) take a heavy toll/take its toll (of sth) cause loss, damage, etc 造成损失、 毁坏等
The war took a heavy toll of human life. 这次战争夺去了许多人的生命.
Every year at Christmas drunken driving takes its toll. 每年的圣诞节都有醉酒驾车的伤亡事故.
toll v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (for sb/sth) ring (a bell) with slow regular strokes, esp for a death or funeral 缓慢而有规律地敲(钟); (尤指)敲(丧钟).
2 [Ipr] ~ (for sb/sth) (of a bell) sound in this way (指钟)缓慢而有规律地鸣响. toll, n [sing]
sound of a tolling bell 缓慢而有规律的钟声.
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.