1 a round piece of metal, plastic, etc that you use instead of money to operate some machines or as a form of payment 代币（用金属、塑料等制成，代替货币来操作某些机器或作为付款形式）

2 (Brit 英) a piece of paper that you can use to buy sth of a certain value in a particular shop. Tokens are often given as presents 礼券；赠券: a £10 book/CD/gift token 10英镑书券；激光唱片券；礼品券 ☞Look at voucher. 参看voucher。

3 something that represents or is a symbol of sth 象征: Please accept this gift as a token of our gratitude. 这份礼物代表我们的谢意，请笑纳。