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

They walked on tiptoe across the hot sand.
他们踮着脚走过了滚烫的沙地。
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。
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？
The girl is standing on tiptoe.
那少女踮起脚尖站立着。
He went into the room on tiptoe.
他蹑手蹑脚地进了屋子。
I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
我踮着脚站在一座小山顶上。
Elephants walk on tiptoe, they can walk in the mud easily.
大象在泥走热切，他们能容易地走。
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。
Those who have looked on tiptoe to time, have now become pale memories.
那些曾经踮脚张望的时光，如今已成为苍白的回忆。
Tiptoe she tiptoed past the sleeping children.
她踮着脚从熟睡的孩子旁边走了过去。