toehold 的定义
- a small ledge or niche just large enough to support the toes, as in climbing.
- any slight or initial support, influence, advantage, progress, or the like: His knowledge of Latin gave him a toehold for learning French.
- a batten nailed to a sloping roof as a support for workers.
- Wrestling. a hold in which an opponent's foot is twisted.
toehold 近义词
等同于 foothold
更多toehold例句
- Once the virus gains a toehold, the body unleashes a wave of immune troops to fight it off.
- At minimum, scientists believe that under the right conditions similar life forms could find a toehold on outer solar system moons too.
- In someone who is vaccinated, mutations that even slightly evade the body’s immune response can get a toehold.
- Solar found a practical toehold in early space exploration, and from there the dominoes started to fall.
- Titanic moved along, with a stronger toehold on history than ever.
- His victory would give the hard right a significant toehold in Richmond.
- Find a product that gives it a toehold and build from there.
- Lunatic right-wing “birthers” have gotten a toehold on CNN and Fox News, and even the McCain campaign investigated their claims.
- I took one look at his smile and understood—Debra had established a toehold in Liberty Square.
- Tremont hooked a foot under a toehold to maintain his position facing a mirror.
- Hooking into the solid green water of that eddy, Andy found himself a toehold, and presently clambered out.
- In China the stock exchanges have a mere toehold on the country; in Japan they have become the spine of national life.
- He searched the rear hull, looking for some break in the polished metal that might serve as a toehold.