toss-up

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter. idiomatic
    — It's really a toss-up between the red skirt with blue stripes and the blue skirt with red stripes. They both look good and fit well.
  2. Either of two outcomes that are equally likely.
    — “He’ll do,” said the Doctor, quietly. “It must have been a toss-up all through the night. ’Think you’re to be congratulated on this case.”
  3. The toss of a coin used to decide some issue.
  4. A toss-up question.

词形变化

toss-ups plural tossup alternative

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Etymology tree
English toss updeverb.
English toss-up
Deverbal from toss up.
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