tiptoe

美 [ˈtɪptoʊ]英 [ˈtɪptəʊ]
  • n.脚尖;趾尖
  • vi.踮着脚走;蹑手蹑脚地走
  • adv.踮着脚;翘首盼望着;蹑手蹑脚地;偷偷
  • adj.踮着脚走[站着]的;殷切期待的;蹑手蹑脚的

过去式: tiptoed 现在分词: tiptoeing 过去分词: tiptoed 第三人称单数: tiptoes

tiptoetiptoe

noun

习语

standing or walking on the front part of your foot, with your heels off the ground, in order to make yourself taller or to move very quietly

她得踮着脚才能够到顶层搁架。
She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf.

We crept around on tiptoes so as not to disturb him.

我们蹑手蹑脚地在周围走动,以免惊动他。

verb

V usually + adv./prep.踮着脚走;蹑手蹑脚地走
to walk using the front parts of your feet only, so that other people cannot hear you

I tiptoed over to the window.

我踮着脚走到窗前。

tiptoe

频次

  • 1
    VERB 踮起脚走;蹑手蹑脚地走
    If you tiptoe somewhere, you walk there very quietly without putting your heels on the floor when you walk.

    She slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the window.

    她溜下床,蹑手蹑脚地走到窗户旁边。

  • 2
    PHRASE 踮着脚
    If you do something on tiptoe or on tiptoes, you do it standing or walking on the front part of your foot, without putting your heels on the ground.

    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。

noun

1
the tip of a toe

verb

1
walk on one's toes
Synonym: tip tippytoe

adj

1
walking on the tips of ones's toes so as to make no noise
moving with tiptoe steps

adv

1
on tiptoe or as if on tiptoe
standing tiptoe

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  1. She went away , walking on tiptoe out of the room .

    她踮着脚尖走出了房间。

  2. If he stood on tiptoe , he could reach the shelf .

    要是踮起脚尖,他能够得着那个架子。

  3. She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf .

    她得踮着脚才能够到顶层搁架。

  4. We crept around on tiptoes so as not to disturb him .

    我们蹑手蹑脚地在周围走动,以免惊动他。

  5. I tiptoed over to the window .

    我踮着脚走到窗前。

  6. She slipped out of bed and tiptoed to the window .

    她溜下床,蹑手蹑脚地走到窗户旁边。

  7. My mother would tuck me in , turn out the lights and tiptoe out .

    母亲会给我掖好被子,关上灯,然后蹑手蹑脚走出去。

  8. 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。

  9. He tiptoed to the door in his stockinged feet .

    他踮着脚尖走到门口,只穿着袜子没穿鞋。

  10. Standing on tiptoe , the boy looked over the wall .

    那孩子跐着脚望墙外。

  11. She tiptoed to the bedside of the sleeping child .

    她踮着脚悄悄地走到酣睡的孩子床前。

  12. She tiptoed to the bedside of the child .

    她跷着脚走到孩子的床边。

  13. He tiptoed out of the ward .

    他蹑着脚走出病房。

  14. He had to stand on tiptoe to reach the shelf .

    他得踮着脚才够得着架子。

  15. He stood on tiptoe to scan the crowd .

    他跷起脚往人群里看。

  16. The sun smiles and watches your toilet . The sky watches over you when you sleep in your mother 's arms , and the morning comes tiptoe to your bed and kisses your eyes .

    太阳微笑着,望着你的打扮。当你睡在你妈妈的臂弯里时,天空在上面望着你,而早晨蹑手蹑脚地走到你的床跟前,吻着你的双眼。

  17. At 2 a. m. Mrs. Culkin was convinced that she had heard a prowler in the living room . " Tiptoe downstairs , " she told her husband . " Don 't turn on the lights . Sneak up him before he knows what 's happening . "

    半夜两点时,科尔肯太太确信自己听到客厅里有贼,就对丈夫说:“别开灯,轻手轻脚地下楼,悄悄地靠近他,别被他发觉。”

  18. To widen his horizon , Bohun Maoren took him to the cliff at the top of a mountain . Bohun Maoren stood on tiptoe at the edge of the top of a mountain . Bohun Maoren stood on tiptoe at the edge of the cliff , and asked Lie Yukou to have a try .

    为了让列御寇开开眼界,伯昏瞀人带着他来到山顶的悬崖旁,伯昏瞀突然后脚跟悬空,前脚掌站在悬崖边上,请列御寇过来试试。

  19. The government should stop tiptoeing around the issue of health care .

    政府不应再回避医疗保健问题。

  20. The purpose in tiptoeing may be to avoid disturbing other people .

    用这一动词可作为避免惊扰他人之意。

  21. She does not tiptoe through life taking cues from others .

    她从来不依葫芦画瓢小心翼翼地生活。

  22. She tiptoed into the room for fear of being found .

    因为害怕被人发现,她蹑手蹑脚地进入屋内。

  23. I hurt my tiptoe last night while walking in the dark .

    昨晚在黑暗中走路,不小心踢到了大脚趾。

  24. The short man nailed the message to the wall on tiptoe .

    那矮人踮起脚把纸条用钉子按在墙上。

  25. With Christmas coming , the children were on tiptoe .

    孩子们满心期待圣诞节的到来。

  26. On tiptoes I reached up and opened the heavy door .

    我踮起脚尖伸手摸索着打开了它厚重的门。

  27. I tiptoed right past his back .

    我踮着脚从他背后走过。

  28. He came back late and crept in on tiptoe .

    他回来晚了,踮着脚尖悄悄进来。

  29. They walked on tiptoe across the hot sand .

    他们踮着脚走过了滚烫的沙地。

  30. She tiptoed to the bed where the child lay asleep .

    孩子睡着了,她踮着脚走到他床前。

  • 习语

n.

on tiptoe/tiptoes

踮着脚;蹑手蹑脚
standing or walking on the front part of your foot, with your heels off the ground, in order to make yourself taller or to move very quietly

She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf.

她得踮着脚才能够到顶层搁架。

We crept around on tiptoes so as not to disturb him.

我们蹑手蹑脚地在周围走动,以免惊动他。

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