英语词汇“on or upon tiptoes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. plural. The tips of the toes; almost always in on or upon (one's) tiptoes, denoting a posture (in standing or walking) with the heels raised so that the body is supported upon the tips or balls of the toes. (Now more usually on tiptoe: see A. 2)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > with anxiety or eagerness

to be at or in weeningc1275

on or upon (one's) tiptoes1642

tiptoe1883

to be unable (etc.) to wait1938

c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 487 He moste wynke..And stonden on his tiptoon [v.rr. typton, typtoon, typtoos, tiptos] ther-with-al, And strecche forth his nekke long and smal.

?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. i. 44 [The cock] On his typton disposyd for to syng.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xii. 53 Standand on his typtays.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 351 To go soft and faire on his tiptoes [1580 tippetoes].

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1009 Vpon his tiptoes nicely he vp went.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. ix. 171 He needs to stand on tiptoes that hopes to touch the moon.

1712 Spectator No. 460. ⁋7 Gallantry strutting upon his Tip-toes.

a1845 T. Hood As it fell upon a Day ii And then upon her tiptoes jumping.

in extended use.1848 Tennyson in Ld. Tennyson Mem. (1897) I. xiii. 281 We arrived at the banks of the loch, and made acquaintance with the extremest tiptoes of the hills.

单词	on or upon tiptoes
释义	> as lemmas on or upon (one's) tiptoes a. plural. The tips of the toes; almost always in on or upon (one's) tiptoes, denoting a posture (in standing or walking) with the heels raised so that the body is supported upon the tips or balls of the toes. (Now more usually on tiptoe: see A. 2) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (intransitive)] > with anxiety or eagerness to be at or in weeningc1275 on or upon (one's) tiptoes1642 tiptoe1883 to be unable (etc.) to wait1938 c1386 G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale 487 He moste wynke..And stonden on his tiptoon [v.rr. typton, typtoon, typtoos, tiptos] ther-with-al, And strecche forth his nekke long and smal. ?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. i. 44 [The cock] On his typton disposyd for to syng. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xii. 53 Standand on his typtays. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie G 351 To go soft and faire on his tiptoes [1580 tippetoes]. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1009 Vpon his tiptoes nicely he vp went. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. ix. 171 He needs to stand on tiptoes that hopes to touch the moon. 1712 Spectator No. 460. ⁋7 Gallantry strutting upon his Tip-toes. a1845 T. Hood As it fell upon a Day ii And then upon her tiptoes jumping. in extended use.1848 Tennyson in Ld. Tennyson Mem. (1897) I. xiii. 281 We arrived at the banks of the loch, and made acquaintance with the extremest tiptoes of the hills. extracted from tiptoetip-toen.adv.adj. < as lemmas
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