ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.hold (up) in the palm; support from under with the hand/palm
服务员手里托着两个盘子。
The waiter was carrying two plates.
他双手托着下巴。
He rested his chin in his hands.
他把小鸟轻轻地托在掌心。
He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand.
- 2
v.serve as a foil/contrast; set off
烘云托月
paint clouds to set off the moon
衬托
set off
烘托
set off by contrast
- 3
v.fmlrely on; owe to; thanks to
托福
thanks to
托人情
ask an influential person to help arrange something
托庇
rely upon one's elder or influential person for protection
- 4
v.fmlentrust; ask; ask somebody to be in charge
这事就托给他吧。
Let's leave the matter to him.
我想托你给她捎点东西。
I'd like you to take something to her.
他托我寄这封信。
He entrusted me with mailing this letter.
托人送封信
entrust someone to deliver a letter
- 5
n.some thing serving as a support; base
枪托
the stock of a rifle
托子
something serving as a support
synonym
- 6
v.fmlgive as a pretext; plead; offer as an excuse
托故
make an excuse
托词
find a pretext
- 7
n.torr (a unit of pressure)
- 8
n.infmlpeople who help deceivers lure people in
他是个托儿。
He is a trustee.
Words and phrases with 托
- 托人情[word]ask an influential person to help arrange something
- 托福[word]thanks to you; transliteration of TOEFL
- 托赖[word]rely on somebody for protection
- 托管地[word]mandated territory
- 托运人[word]consignor
- 托举[word]lift
- 托名[word]do something in the name of somebody else
- 托管人[word]trustee
- 托身[word]find a place to live in
- 托物寓兴[idiom]express one's feelings through the thing one describes or paints
- 托孤寄命[idiom]entrust to another's care the children one is about to leave behind as orphans
- 托足无门[idiom]can’t find a place to stay
- 托妻寄子[idiom]entrust one's wife and children to somebody
Similar-form characters to 托
- tuō托
- lūn抡