toss學測 L3KK [ˈtɔs] ｜ /ˈtɔs/
輕拋；隨手丟·擲硬幣；丟硬幣決定·丟棄；扔掉·劇烈搖晃；顛簸
義項多元，學測閱讀常見多義動詞
She tossed her backpack onto the bed before running out the door.
她把後背包往床上一丟，就跑出門了。
一個畫面：手腕輕甩，結果不由你
輕甩拋出手腕一抖，東西輕巧甩出
落點未定拋出後往哪落，沒人能控制
隨手丟棄不想要了，順手一丟了事
劇烈翻騰外力讓物體不停搖晃、顛簸
義項
輕拋接飛盤C2verb輕拋；隨手丟
Timothy tossed the Frisbee to his friend in the park.
提摩西在公園把飛盤拋給朋友。
toss a balltoss a Frisbee
擲硬幣決定C2verb擲硬幣；丟硬幣決定
When we couldn't agree on who should go first, we decided to toss a coin to decide.
我們對誰先開始僵持不下，最後決定丟硬幣來決定。
toss a coin
隨手丟棄C2verb丟棄；扔掉
After finishing the exam, Sam decided to toss his notes in the recycling bin.
考完試後，山姆把筆記丟進回收桶。
toss outtoss in the bin
海浪搖晃船C2verb劇烈搖晃；顛簸
The little boat was tossed about by the huge waves all night.
那艘小船整夜被巨浪不斷拋甩顛簸。
be tossed by the wavestoss and turn
片語
toss and turn翻來覆去 →整夜睡不著，不斷翻身
toss a coin丟硬幣 →丟硬幣來做決定
toss out隨手丟掉 →把不要的東西丟掉
a toss-up五五波 →機會相等，難以預料
你會不會這樣說？
'The little boat was tossed about by the huge waves all night.' 這裡的 toss 最接近哪個意思？(A) 輕輕拋 (B) 劇烈搖晃 (C) 丟棄
看答案
(B)
此句描述船隻遭巨浪拍打，對應「劇烈搖晃；顛簸」義項。
'I tossed and turned all night before the exam.' 這句最符合哪個情境？(A) 玩飛盤 (B) 丟硬幣 (C) 睡不著翻來覆去
看答案
(C)
toss and turn 表示因緊張或失眠而不斷翻身，呼應劇烈搖晃的核心意象。