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tiptoeing

/tip-toh/US // ˈtɪpˌtoʊ //UK // (ˈtɪpˌtəʊ) //

蹑手蹑脚,踮起脚尖,蹑手蹑脚的,蹑手蹑脚地

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the tip or end of a toe.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tip·toed, tip·toe·ing.

    • : to move or go on tiptoe, as with caution or stealth: She tiptoed out of the room.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by standing or walking on tiptoe.
    • : straining upward.
    • : eagerly expectant.
    • : cautious; stealthy.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : eagerly or cautiously; on tiptoe.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了creep爬行,蠕变,攀登,匍匐前进dodge躲避,躲闪,躲躲闪闪,躲开equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的evade躲避,回避,避开,逃避glide滑翔,滑翔机,滑行,滑动hedge篱笆,防范,对冲,防范措施lurk潜伏,潜伏着,潜伏着的,潜水prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任prowl徘徊,徘徊不前,徘徊不定,徘徊不前的人shuffle洗牌,摇摆,洗盘,洗涤sidestep闪避,旁敲侧击,旁门左道,闪避一下skirt裙子,裙装,短裙,裙摆skulk潜伏,溜须拍马,鬼混,潜行slide幻灯片,滑梯,幻灯,滑动slink滑行,偷偷摸摸,潜行,溜达slip滑落,滑倒,滑移,溜sneak偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,偷偷的,偷偷地steal偷盗,盗取,盗窃,窃取tergiversate捐赠者,捐献者,捐赠人,奉献者tiptoe蹑手蹑脚,踮起脚尖,蹑手蹑脚地,蹑手蹑脚的be noncommittal不置可否,不言而喻,不言不语beat around the bush拐弯抹角,绕弯子,拐弯抹角的,拐弯抹角的说duck the issues躲避问题,回避问题,避重就轻,逃避问题hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说play it close to the vest严阵以待,严防死守,谨慎行事,严守底线sit on the fence坐而论道,坐视不理,坐视不管,坐在围栏里tergiverse特异功能,特异功能的,特异性,丰富多样tread warily踯躅不前,小心翼翼,战战兢兢,踯躅watch one's step蹑手蹑脚,慎行,看路,慎重weasel黄鼠狼,鼬鼠,鼬獾,青鼬
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Examples

  • The Massachusetts-born pianist was equally adept at attacking hard-charging electric fusion with his band Return to Forever, in stadiums full of prog rock enthusiasts, as he was at tiptoeing through Mozart concertos with meditative precision.

  • As the world tiptoes toward normalcy, I asked what they want to do after this work-from-home experiment ends.

  • One or two, it seemed to me, were actually still tiptoeing “en pointe.”

  • So, like real pumas, the women who waited to see are just tiptoeing away, catlike, from the battle.

  • Others are tiptoeing around the second item, as Elizabeth launches the latest book in her oeuvre of misfortune: Resilience.

  • Tiptoeing down the hall, he came to a small upstairs living room in which a light burned.

  • But before I have time to evolve a satisfactory explanation, I hear Wingie tiptoeing back.

  • He listened some more; then he come tiptoeing down and stood right between us; we could a touched him, nearly.

  • Davy picked up the reins and Frosty began tiptoeing around and arching his back.

  • From that I concluded that he had either stopped or had taken to tiptoeing, too.