late 14c., from tip (n.1) + toe (n.). As an adverb from 1590s; as a verb from 1630s. Related: Tiptoes (late 14c.), also tiptoon; tip-toed. Tippy-toes is from 1820.
权威例句
1. Standing on tiptoe , the boy looked over the wall.
那孩子跐着脚望墙外.
2. I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
我踮着脚站在一座小山顶上.
3. He stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
他在一个小山上踮足而立.
4. Tiptoe is the most neutral verb.
tiptoe最无褒贬区别.
5. She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it.