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单词 toehold
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Definition of toehold in English:

toehold

nounˈtəʊhəʊldˈtoʊˌhoʊld
  • 1A small place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them, especially while climbing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Carved toeholds allow access around one drop-off and into a slot canyon that's no more than an arm span across.
    • He begins his ascent rapidly, flinging the rope upward around the trunk to create a high handhold, kicking a leg up to snag a toehold, flinging the rope again for a higher handhold to pull to still higher toeholds.
    • She fell back and tried again several times until, as I silently urged her on, she finally managed to get a toehold with her right front foot on top of the lower, two-board side of the corner.
    • Her hands grasped the tiniest cracks and protuberances and without thought to where they would take her, her feet scrambled for the slightest toehold!
    • One step after another I fumbled for a toehold, my legs weak and my grip moist.
    • Her feet seemed to take on an intelligence of their own, searching out desperate toeholds on the creek-bottom.
    • Janet carefully swung one leg over the sill and rested her small foot on the narrow toehold as she shifted the rest of her through the opening.
    • Michael stood below him, placing the young climber's feet into the toeholds afforded by the sheer rock wall.
    • Your weight shifts and, incredibly, your right foot catches a toehold.
    Synonyms
    foothold, hold, grip, anchorage, purchase, secure position, firm contact, support
    1. 1.1 A relatively insignificant position from which further progress may be made.
      the initiative is helping companies to gain a toehold in the Gulf
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We have to show them they can't have a toehold in Leeds, that there is no place for people who sow seeds of hatred and division.
      • Having established a toehold, the parent company then looks to expand with further acquisitions.
      • If any form of sexual license is condemned then it leaves a toehold for other forms of sexual license to be condemned.
      • Quite simply, local young people are being squeezed right out of the housing market, quite unable to contemplate gaining even a toehold.
      • Younger workers, who have used computers their entire lives, are now gaining a toehold in the workplace.
      • Furthermore, his trademark fusion of ornate mysticism and lurid pop-art aesthetics had taken a toehold in New York's art scene as well.
      • Companies in other sectors, such as food processing and timber, are also keen to establish toeholds in Eastern Europe.
      • Unfortunately, he has already failed as far as many families are concerned, and many of those who have managed to get a toehold on home ownership now have such a huge debt that they live in fear of the smallest rise in interest rates.
      • This is what New York is and has always been about; immigrants setting up shops or market stalls to get a toehold in their new home.
      • The French reached Cayenne in 1604, and the Dutch arrived in 1616, but Britain did not gain a permanent toehold until 1796.
      • Few independent comic artists have succeeded in gaining a toehold in the lucrative spin-off market.
      • Minor blister pain can advance from a low simmer to a fiery torture in the space of a few miles, so don't let it get a toehold in the gap between your feet and your socks and shoes.
      • It'll be a toehold for the organisation in Europe.
      • He realises that his party is battling hard to retain a toehold in what was once its bastion.
      • It prefers to begin its expansion programme in new countries by gaining a toehold - or minority interest - rather than making a big initial acquisition.
      • It's easy to read themes of ecology and anti-industrialism into what are extremely overbuilt industrial cities where nature has to fight for a toehold.
      • And they are appealing for the public to use the hotline to help stop other dealers from getting a toehold here.
      • This ‘additional functionality’ should be removed, he advises, and the operating system secured so attackers cannot get the necessary toehold on the system.
      • So how can first-time buyers find ways out of this situation and at least get a toehold on to the elusive housing market ladder?
      • They didn't abandon their culture, and they didn't even really change it - they just got a toehold on prosperity.
 
 

Definition of toehold in US English:

toehold

nounˈtōˌhōldˈtoʊˌhoʊld
  • 1A small place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them, especially while climbing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Michael stood below him, placing the young climber's feet into the toeholds afforded by the sheer rock wall.
    • Her hands grasped the tiniest cracks and protuberances and without thought to where they would take her, her feet scrambled for the slightest toehold!
    • Janet carefully swung one leg over the sill and rested her small foot on the narrow toehold as she shifted the rest of her through the opening.
    • She fell back and tried again several times until, as I silently urged her on, she finally managed to get a toehold with her right front foot on top of the lower, two-board side of the corner.
    • He begins his ascent rapidly, flinging the rope upward around the trunk to create a high handhold, kicking a leg up to snag a toehold, flinging the rope again for a higher handhold to pull to still higher toeholds.
    • One step after another I fumbled for a toehold, my legs weak and my grip moist.
    • Carved toeholds allow access around one drop-off and into a slot canyon that's no more than an arm span across.
    • Her feet seemed to take on an intelligence of their own, searching out desperate toeholds on the creek-bottom.
    • Your weight shifts and, incredibly, your right foot catches a toehold.
    Synonyms
    foothold, hold, grip, anchorage, purchase, secure position, firm contact, support
    1. 1.1 A relatively insignificant position from which further progress may be made.
      the importance of networking at conventions to gain a toehold in the industry
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Companies in other sectors, such as food processing and timber, are also keen to establish toeholds in Eastern Europe.
      • It'll be a toehold for the organisation in Europe.
      • We have to show them they can't have a toehold in Leeds, that there is no place for people who sow seeds of hatred and division.
      • Having established a toehold, the parent company then looks to expand with further acquisitions.
      • And they are appealing for the public to use the hotline to help stop other dealers from getting a toehold here.
      • It's easy to read themes of ecology and anti-industrialism into what are extremely overbuilt industrial cities where nature has to fight for a toehold.
      • This is what New York is and has always been about; immigrants setting up shops or market stalls to get a toehold in their new home.
      • This ‘additional functionality’ should be removed, he advises, and the operating system secured so attackers cannot get the necessary toehold on the system.
      • Younger workers, who have used computers their entire lives, are now gaining a toehold in the workplace.
      • Unfortunately, he has already failed as far as many families are concerned, and many of those who have managed to get a toehold on home ownership now have such a huge debt that they live in fear of the smallest rise in interest rates.
      • Minor blister pain can advance from a low simmer to a fiery torture in the space of a few miles, so don't let it get a toehold in the gap between your feet and your socks and shoes.
      • Furthermore, his trademark fusion of ornate mysticism and lurid pop-art aesthetics had taken a toehold in New York's art scene as well.
      • The French reached Cayenne in 1604, and the Dutch arrived in 1616, but Britain did not gain a permanent toehold until 1796.
      • If any form of sexual license is condemned then it leaves a toehold for other forms of sexual license to be condemned.
      • So how can first-time buyers find ways out of this situation and at least get a toehold on to the elusive housing market ladder?
      • It prefers to begin its expansion programme in new countries by gaining a toehold - or minority interest - rather than making a big initial acquisition.
      • Quite simply, local young people are being squeezed right out of the housing market, quite unable to contemplate gaining even a toehold.
      • He realises that his party is battling hard to retain a toehold in what was once its bastion.
      • Few independent comic artists have succeeded in gaining a toehold in the lucrative spin-off market.
      • They didn't abandon their culture, and they didn't even really change it - they just got a toehold on prosperity.
 
 
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