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V-ERG
(緩慢反復地)敲(鐘)，鳴(喪鐘);(鐘)鳴響
When a bell tolls or when someone tolls it, it rings slowly and repeatedly, often as a sign that someone has died.
例句
Church bells tolled and black flags fluttered...
教堂喪鐘敲響，黑色的旗幟飄動。
The pilgrims tolled the bell.
朝圣者緩緩敲響了鐘。
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N-COUNT
(橋梁、道路的)通行費
A toll is a small sum of money that you have to pay in order to use a particular bridge or road.
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N-COUNT
(公路、橋梁的)收費
A toll road or toll bridge is a road or bridge where you have to pay in order to use it.
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N-COUNT
(死亡、事故或災難的)總數
A toll is a total number of deaths, accidents, or disasters that occur in a particular period of time.
例句
There are fears that the casualty toll may be higher.
有人擔心傷亡總數可能會更高。
…the second highest annual murder toll in that city's history.
年謀殺案件總數處于該市歷史上的第二高位
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PHRASE
造成惡果(或不利影響、痛苦等)
If you say that something takes its toll or takes a heavy toll, you mean that it has a bad effect or causes a lot of suffering.
例句
Winter takes its toll on your health...
冬天對健康不利。
Higher fuel prices took their toll.
燃料提價產生了惡果。