| 单词 | toe-hold |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoe-hold toe-hold n. (a) in Wrestling, a hold in which the toe is seized and the leg forced backwards; (b) a place of support for the toe (of a boot) in climbing; hence figurative, a position of little significance or influence, esp. one seen as providing a base from which they may be increased. Π 1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxxiv. 379 One man's toe-hold broke and he fell! 1918 Observer 10 Nov. 8/6 The enemy retains a toehold in the Rimeuse Valley. 1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 324 So many novelties swarm in... A large number come and go without the lexicographers so much as hearing of them... At least four-fifths of those which get any sort of toe-hold in the language originate in the United States. 1963 M. I. Finley Anc. Greeks ii. 12 Small groups of men began to migrate eastward across the Aegean to find toeholds on the Asia Minor coast. 1965 Listener 10 June 869/3 By Carletti's time Europe..retained only a toe-hold on the China trade. 1980 ‘M. Fonteyn’ Magic of Dance 155 A model rock about twelve inches high was dragged onto the stage by the corps de ballet. It had a special toehold into which I had to place my foot and balance for a moment on pointe. < as lemmas |
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