tiptoe

英 [ˈtɪptəʊ]

美 [ˈtɪptoʊ]

n. 脚尖; 趾尖
v. 踮着脚走; 蹑手蹑脚地走

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

Collins.1 / BNC.16864 / COCA.13538

习惯用语

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。

noun

verb

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
1. I tiptoed over to the window.
  我踮着脚走到窗前。

VERB 踮起脚走;蹑手蹑脚地走
If youtiptoesomewhere, you walk there very quietly without putting your heels on the floor when you walk.
1. 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。
PHRASE 踮着脚
If you do somethingon tiptoeoron tiptoes, you do it standing or walking on the front part of your foot, without putting your heels on the ground.
1. 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

verb

adj

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

adv

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。
I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
我踮着脚站在一座小山顶上。
The uncivil little thing stood on tiptoe, and whispered a sentence in Heathcliff's ear.
这个没礼貌的小东西踮起了脚尖，对着希刺克厉夫的耳朵小声说了一句话。
I am on the tiptoe of expectation for his coming.
我翘首以待他来。
He stood on tiptoe to scan the crowd.
他跷起脚往人群里看。
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。
He came back late and crept in on tiptoe.
他回来晚了，踮着脚尖悄悄进来。
Perhaps we're just clowns standing on tiptoe at the edge of a cliff?
我们所做的事，该不会只和用双手倒立在悬崖边的小丑一样愚蠢吧？
Love enters with a tiptoe and leaves with the slamming of the door.
爱踮着脚尖鬼鬼祟祟进来，走的时候却是“砰！”关上了门。
He had to stand on tiptoe to reach the shelf.
他得踮着脚才够得着架子。