tiptoeing

英 [ˈtɪptəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈtɪptoʊɪŋ]

v.  踮着脚走; 蹑手蹑脚地走
tiptoe的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• The government should stop tiptoeing around the issue of health care.
  政府不应再回避医疗保健问题。
• Tiptoeing across the corridor, the parents peeked in and saw their little optimist gleefully throwing the manure up in the air.
  他们踮着脚尖走过过道，偷偷观察乐观主义者，他正快乐地将马粪抛向空中。
• He must be in his room, she thought, and tiptoeing down the hall, she knocked softly.
  她想，“他一定在他自己房里，”于是踮着脚尖走过穿堂，轻轻敲他的门。
• The speech reads like standard-issue diplomacy, with the chief executive tiptoeing through the sensitive passages and laying heavy emphasis on the opportunities for co-operation and the mutual interdependence of Rio and China.
  整篇演讲听上去就像标准的外交辞令，首席执行官在敏感问题上如履薄冰，但浓墨重彩地强调力拓与中国的合作机会及相互依存。
• Tiptoeing down the hallway, she eyed the front door warily.
  她踮着脚尖沿着过道走过去，同时警惕地看着大门。
• However, despite constantly tiptoeing the fine line between a stripper and a singer, it's undeniable that she has some powerful vocals.
  尽管她经常游走于脱衣舞娘和歌手两个身份之间的钢线上，无可否认她有一把非常有力的声线。
• 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。
• Anna was tiptoeing from the child's room.
  安娜正踮着脚从孩子房里走出。
• To avoid another broken connection, Bharti is tiptoeing carefully round South African sensitivities tussles over control of the combined group snagged talks last time round.
  为避免关系再次破裂，bharti正小心翼翼地绕开南非的敏感问题围绕合并后集团控制权的争斗，是上次谈判触礁的原因所在。
• Pushing it softly open and tiptoeing in, I found all quiet inside, and my wife fast asleep.
  轻轻地推门进去，声息也，妻已睡熟好久了。