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heel-and-toe

/heel-uhn-toh/US // ˈhil ənˈtoʊ //

脚跟和脚趾,脚跟和脚尖,脚跟和脚趾头,脚跟脚趾

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : noting a pace, as in walking contests, in which the heel of the front foot touches ground before the toes of the rear one leave it.

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • “James Woods refuses to toe the Hollyweird line,” Twitchy managing editor Lori Ziganto told The Daily Beast in an email.

  • His goal: to make the perfect (and absolutely comfortable) high-heel, with the help from Nike CEO Mark Parker.

  • If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.

  • The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.

  • No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.

  • And with another bow the man from Paris drew himself erect, turned on his heel, and went jingling and creaking from the room.