请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 on tiptoe
释义

on tiptoe


1

Eagerly anticipating something, as in The children were on tiptoe before the birthday party. [Late 1500s]

2

Moving stealthily, warily, as in They went down the hall on tiptoe. [Mid-1700s] Both usages transfer standing on one's toes to a particular reason for doing so; def. 2 alludes to moving more quietly in this fashion.

Words nearby on tiptoe

on the wrong side of bed, on the wrong tack, on thin ice, ontic, on time, on tiptoe, onto, onto function, ontogenesis, ontogenetic, ontogeny
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/3 15:30:37