tiptoe 的 4 个定义
- the tip or end of a toe.
tip·toed, tip·toe·ing.
- to move or go on tiptoe, as with caution or stealth: She tiptoed out of the room.
- characterized by standing or walking on tiptoe.
- straining upward.
- eagerly expectant.
- cautious; stealthy.
- eagerly or cautiously; on tiptoe.
tiptoe 近义词
walking on toes
更多tiptoe例句
- She published a book on moral education and joined organizations dedicated to social purity, and while medicine tiptoed along a more scientific path, she went down another.
- Instead, we’ve tiptoed around it, whispering and hanging back instead of getting on with the difficult work of defusing it.
- With a small packed bag, I tiptoed towards the door thinking that he was asleep.
- Now, as the world tiptoes back toward normalcy, those who lost work will be applying to open positions in droves.
- A lot of publishers, particularly business-facing publishers, are still tiptoeing around ticketing, said Hindman.
- A couple of ladies, standing on tiptoe, are scribbling over it with eyeliner and lipstick.
- If Romney tries to run or tiptoe away, he will trip over his own flip-flops.
- Romney, on account of his wealthy personal life, has to tiptoe around policies that redistribute wealth upward.
- The establishment has to tiptoe around her and handle her delicately.
- You must tell George that he must walk on tiptoe and not speak—otherwise he will die someday.
- He caught his breath, he paused, then stepped within on tiptoe, and the hush of four thousand years closed after him.
- Again she raised herself tiptoe before me, and with a hand on each shoulder, she stood looking from her eyes into mine.
- The next summer Kari had grown so big and fat that I could not reach his back even when I stood on tiptoe.
- They tried to make as little noise as possible, but though they walked on tiptoe, the sound echoed back to them dully.
- Mrs Bellingham went on tiptoe towards the door, and chiding herself because her stiff, weary limbs made some slight noise.