tossing

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you toss something somewhere, you throw it there lightly, often in a careless way. 扔
Just toss it in the rubbish. 把它扔進垃圾桶就可以了。
2. V-T If you toss your head or toss your hair, you move your head backward, quickly and suddenly, often as a way of expressing an emotion such as anger or contempt. 甩 (表達憤怒、蔑眡等情感)
"I'm sure I don't know." Deb tossed her head. “我確實不知道。”德佈甩頭說道。
3. N-COUNT Toss is also a noun. 後甩
With a toss of his head and a few hard gulps, Bob finished the last of his beer. 鮑勃仰頭咕咚咕咚幾大口喝完了賸下的啤酒。
4. V-T 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 upward when it lands. 拋 (硬幣)
We tossed a coin to decide who would go out and buy the bagels. 我們拋硬幣來決定誰出去買百吉圈。
5. N-COUNT Toss is also a noun. 拋硬幣的方法
It would be better to decide it on the toss of a coin. 最好用拋硬幣的方式來對此事做決定。
6. PHRASE If you toss and turn, you keep moving around in bed and cannot sleep, for example, because you are sick or worried. 輾轉反側
I try to go back to sleep and toss and turn for a while. 我努力重新入睡，輾轉反側了一會兒。