英语词汇“toe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

toe

(toʊ )

Word forms: toes , toeing , toed

1. countable noun [usually plural] A2

Your toes are the five movable parts at the end of each foot.

2. countable noun B1

The toe of a shoe or sock is the part that covers the end of your foot.

3. to dip your toes phrase

If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.

This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets.

Universities are dipping their toes in the waters of management education.

4. keep someone on their toes phrase

If you say that someone or something keeps you on your toes, you mean that they cause you to remain alert and ready for anything that might happen.

His fiery campaign rhetoric has kept opposition parties on their toes for months.

5. toe the line phrase

If you toe the line, you behave in the way that people in authority expect you to.

...attempts to persuade the rebel members to toe the line.

He's one of the politicians that wouldn't toe the party line.

Synonyms: conform, agree, yield, comply

6. to tread on someone's toes phrase

If you tread on someone's toes, you offend them by criticizing the way that they do something or by interfering in their affairs. [informal]

I must be careful not to tread on their toes. My job is to challenge, but not threaten them.

Vocabulary Builder

FOOT big toe toe toenail sole heel ankle

Idioms:

from head to toe or from head to foot

over the whole of someone's body

She was covered from head to toe with bruises.

toe the line

to behave in the way that people in authority expect you to behave

Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked.

dip your toe in the water or dip a toe in the water

to start doing something that you have not done before in a slow and careful way because you are not sure if you will like it or if it will be successful

After years of selling her jewellery through fashion stores, she finally dipped a toe in the water and opened her own jewellery shop in London.

go toe to toe with someone [mainly US]

to start to fight, argue, or compete with someone fiercely and directly

They're confident that the company is now strong enough to go toe to toe with its rivals.

from top to toe [mainly British]

used to talk about the whole of someone's body

She was trembling from top to toe.

Collocations:

toe joint

Less common procedures such as big toe joint replacement, corn treatment or surgery on trapped nerves also cost millions of pounds a year.

The Sun

The bending puts a strain on your toe joints and also makes them rub on your shoes - so they can get quite painful.

The Sun

I have arthritis in both thumb joints and both big toe joints.

Times, Sunday Times

If you can't process all the uric acid, you end up with urates - needle-shaped salt crystals - which accumulate in the toe joints.

Times, Sunday Times

Squeezing feet into too-small trainers can cause all manner of problems, including a neuroma, the thickening or swelling of tiny nerves that pass between your toe joints.

Times,Sunday Times

Translations:

Chinese: 脚指头

Japanese: 足の指

单词	toe
释义	toe (toʊ ) Word forms: toes , toeing , toed 1. countable noun [usually plural] A2 Your toes are the five movable parts at the end of each foot. 2. countable noun B1 The toe of a shoe or sock is the part that covers the end of your foot. 3. to dip your toes phrase If you dip your toes into something or dip your toes into the waters of something, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it. This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets. Universities are dipping their toes in the waters of management education. 4. keep someone on their toes phrase If you say that someone or something keeps you on your toes, you mean that they cause you to remain alert and ready for anything that might happen. His fiery campaign rhetoric has kept opposition parties on their toes for months. 5. toe the line phrase If you toe the line, you behave in the way that people in authority expect you to. ...attempts to persuade the rebel members to toe the line. He's one of the politicians that wouldn't toe the party line. Synonyms: conform, agree, yield, comply 6. to tread on someone's toes phrase If you tread on someone's toes, you offend them by criticizing the way that they do something or by interfering in their affairs. [informal] I must be careful not to tread on their toes. My job is to challenge, but not threaten them. Vocabulary Builder FOOT big toe toe toenail sole heel ankle Idioms: from head to toe or from head to foot over the whole of someone's body She was covered from head to toe with bruises. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers toe the line to behave in the way that people in authority expect you to behave Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dip your toe in the water or dip a toe in the water to start doing something that you have not done before in a slow and careful way because you are not sure if you will like it or if it will be successful After years of selling her jewellery through fashion stores, she finally dipped a toe in the water and opened her own jewellery shop in London. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers go toe to toe with someone [mainly US] to start to fight, argue, or compete with someone fiercely and directly They're confident that the company is now strong enough to go toe to toe with its rivals. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers from top to toe [mainly British] used to talk about the whole of someone's body She was trembling from top to toe. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: toe joint Less common procedures such as big toe joint replacement, corn treatment or surgery on trapped nerves also cost millions of pounds a year. The Sun The bending puts a strain on your toe joints and also makes them rub on your shoes - so they can get quite painful. The Sun I have arthritis in both thumb joints and both big toe joints. Times, Sunday Times If you can't process all the uric acid, you end up with urates - needle-shaped salt crystals - which accumulate in the toe joints. Times, Sunday Times Squeezing feet into too-small trainers can cause all manner of problems, including a neuroma, the thickening or swelling of tiny nerves that pass between your toe joints. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 脚指头 Japanese: 足の指
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