late 14c., from tip (n.1) + toe (n.). As an adverb from 1590s; as a verb from 1630s. Related: Tiptoes (late 14c.), also tiptoon; tip-toed. Tippy-toes is from 1820.
雙語例句
1. Standing on tiptoe , the boy looked over the wall.
那孩子跐著腳望墻外.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
我踮著腳站在一座小山頂上.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. He stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
他在一個(gè)小山上踮足而立.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. Tiptoe is the most neutral verb.
tiptoe最無褒貶區(qū)別.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it.