Toll

(noun.) a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance).

(verb.) ring slowly; 'For whom the bell tolls'.

(verb.) charge a fee for using; 'Toll the bridges into New York City'.

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• I heard of her first at the archway toll, over at Highgate, but couldn't make quite sure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In one of his trips he passed into the country roads and came to a tollgate through which a frightened keeper hastily passed him without toll, hailing him as the devil. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He also indicated the two methods of telephonic tariff--a fixed rental and a toll; and mentioned the practice, now in use on long-distance lines, of a time charge. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• After all, our little piratical excursions are very innocent—no bloodshed—no violence—no burning of houses; we—we only levy toll, so to speak. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• That rates of toll have been imposed on steam carriages which would prohibit them being used on several lines of roads, were such charges permitted to remain unaltered. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Admiral Dewey’s ship, the Olympia, returning from the Philippines, paid for her toll $3,516. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But, there was the toll to be taken, as the gates were now complaining and opening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And yet no tolls are charged. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The rate of tolls is 10 francs (about $2) per net ton. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The tolls for the maintenance of a highroad cannot, with any safety, be made the property of private persons. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In Great Britain, the abuses which the trustees have committed in the management of those tolls, have, in many cases, been very justly complained of. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The system of repairing the high-roads by tolls of this kind, it must be observed, is not of very long standing. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• It is proper, therefore, that the tolls for the maintenance of such a work should be put under the management of commissioners or trustees. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Jean Baptiste's clock tolled nine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The clocks struck and the bells tolled midnight; people were leaving fast: the fête was over; the lamps were fading. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was as if from some aerial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, 'All are shadows! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It was tolling for the funeral service. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• At the moment of the church clock tolling two, the bells would clash out and the march begin. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• While yet trees hid the church, they heard the bell tolling a measured but urgent summons for all to assemble. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• All the bells were jangling and tolling as he reached that place. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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