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

Definitions

n.名词 noun

v.无主动词 verb

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
- : characterized by standing or walking on tiptoe.
- : straining upward.
- : eagerly expectant.
- : cautious; stealthy.

adv.

as inpussyfoot

Synonyms

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.

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

蹑手蹑脚,踮起脚尖,蹑手蹑脚的,蹑手蹑脚地

n.名词 noun

v.无主动词 verb

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
- : characterized by standing or walking on tiptoe.
- : straining upward.
- : eagerly expectant.
- : cautious; stealthy.

adv.

as inpussyfoot

Synonyms

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.