中文词源
tiptoe 蹑手蹑脚的走
tip,尖点，toe,脚趾。比喻用法。
英语词源
- tiptoe (n.)
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. Standing on tiptoe , the boy looked over the wall.
- 那孩子跐着脚望墙外.
- 2. I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
- 我踮着脚站在一座小山顶上.
- 3. He stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
- 他在一个小山上踮足而立.
- 4. Tiptoe is the most neutral verb.
- tiptoe最无褒贬区别.
- 5. She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it.
- 她把自行车斜靠在石墙上，踮起脚往墙内张望。