/təʊl ||; tol/noun1 [C] money that you pay to use a road or bridge (道路或桥梁的)通行费,使用费: motorway tolls 高速公路通行费a toll bridge 收费的桥梁
2 [C] [usu.sing] the amount of damage done or the number of people who were killed or injured by sth 损害程度;伤亡人数: The official death toll has now reached 5000. 官方公布的死亡人数现在已达5000人。
take a heavy toll/take its toll (on sth) to cause great loss, damage, suffering, etc 造成重大损失、损坏、痛苦等