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.
- 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
- 托词[word]excuse; make an excuse
- 托门子[word]solicit help from potential backers
- 托住[word]prop
- 托德[word]tod
- 托马斯[word]Thomas
- 托养[word]entrust to somebody
- 托人情[word]ask an influential person to help arrange something
- 托福[word]thanks to you; transliteration of TOEFL
- 托病[word]plead illness
- 托足无门[idiom]can’t find a place to stay
- 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
- 托妻寄子[idiom]entrust one's wife and children to somebody
Similar-form characters to 托
- tuō托
- lūn抡