单词 | atiptoe |
释义 | atiptoe[ uh-tip-toh ] / əˈtɪpˌtoʊ / adverb, adjectivestanding or walking on tiptoe (usually used predicatively). eagerly expectant, as anticipating a desired event or arrival: waiting atiptoe for the mail. moving with caution or stealth, as avoiding calling attention to one's presence: She walked atiptoe through the sleeping house. Origin of atiptoeFirst recorded in 1570–80; a-1 + tiptoe Words nearby atiptoeatigi, atilt, A time to be born and a time to die, atingle, -ation, atiptoe, atishoo, at issue, at it, Atitlán, Ativan Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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