| 释义 |
a-tiptoe, advb. phr.|əˈtɪptəʊ|
[see a prep.1]
On tiptoe, on the tips of one's toes (either to raise oneself higher, or to move about noiselessly).
1576R. Scot Hop Gard. 45 They must stand longwyse, as it were a tiptoe. 1647R. Stapylton Juvenal 98 She sure must stand a-tipto for a kisse. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. lxxxi, 133 He stood a tiptoe to view himself in the glass. 1868Geo. Eliot Sp. Gipsy 224 Moving a-tiptoe, silent as the Elves. |