toehold / ˈtoʊ hoʊld /

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toehold 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. a small ledge or niche just large enough to support the toes, as in climbing.
  2. any slight or initial support, influence, advantage, progress, or the like: His knowledge of Latin gave him a toehold for learning French.
  3. a batten nailed to a sloping roof as a support for workers.
  4. Wrestling. a hold in which an opponent's foot is twisted.

toehold 近义词

toehold

等同于 foothold

toehold 的近义词 7

更多toehold例句

  1. Once the virus gains a toehold, the body unleashes a wave of immune troops to fight it off.
  2. At minimum, scientists believe that under the right conditions similar life forms could find a toehold on outer solar system moons too.
  3. In someone who is vaccinated, mutations that even slightly evade the body’s immune response can get a toehold.
  4. Solar found a practical toehold in early space exploration, and from there the dominoes started to fall.
  5. Titanic moved along, with a stronger toehold on history than ever.
  6. His victory would give the hard right a significant toehold in Richmond.
  7. Find a product that gives it a toehold and build from there.
  8. Lunatic right-wing “birthers” have gotten a toehold on CNN and Fox News, and even the McCain campaign investigated their claims.
  9. I took one look at his smile and understood—Debra had established a toehold in Liberty Square.
  10. Tremont hooked a foot under a toehold to maintain his position facing a mirror.
  11. Hooking into the solid green water of that eddy, Andy found himself a toehold, and presently clambered out.
  12. In China the stock exchanges have a mere toehold on the country; in Japan they have become the spine of national life.
  13. He searched the rear hull, looking for some break in the polished metal that might serve as a toehold.