| 词汇 | example_english_tiptoe |
| 释义 | Examples of tiptoeThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. One interesting feature is the way it tiptoes around its own problem. We approached it stealthily - on tiptoe and at half-breadth - for that is the way one's feeling makes him do, at such a time. Although you gave us some good reflections on what those causes are, there are, however, other issues that you tiptoed around. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Abnormalities of movement, including facial grimaces, flapping of hands and arms, jumping, tiptoe walking, self-spinning, rocking back and forth or side to side while standing are common. I believe it is an ominous sign when we demand giant strides on the global stage but are only prepared to tiptoe forward cautiously at home. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He goes tiptoeing through the tax field with his eyes not on the national interest but on party unity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have actually tiptoed into this debate tonight really for two reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like the pantomime villain, he tiptoes away, hoping to find a refuge until the next reshuffle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the newspapers said that he has tiptoed away from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I approach this group of amendments with some trepidation, as though tiptoeing into a minefield. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not had his advantage of having tiptoed along the corridors of power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He tiptoed on eggshells all over the issue, and that was quite unnecessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, we are tiptoeing around our reforms of planning law. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He noted that many institutions are already "tiptoeing offshore". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is so, he has tiptoed away like a pantomime villain, with his finger on his lips. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was tiptoeing away from monetarism, and was trying to smuggle in improvement past mummy like a naughty boy who has brought in some sweets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want to take further his analogy of the dead body with all of us tiptoeing around not knowing quite what to do with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He tiptoed away from the whole question of a decommissioning policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is wrong that a merger can go through quietly, on tiptoes, secretly, without those who are mainly concerned in the firm being brought into the discussions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He tiptoed round the course with great delicacy, but it appears that the old rate support grant system, with all its crudity, unfairness and across-the-board treatment, had certain attractions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There the post-prandial speaker went on at interminable length until the audience tiptoed out of the room one by one, leaving a solitary guest at the end of the table. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Classical form elongates itself, shimmers, rises on tip-toe; it glides, it loses substance, becomes idealised. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. You were aquaplaning all the time and you were tip-toeing almost. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They turn off their torches and creep about on tiptoe in search of large crickets, following their chirping. Patients present with an unsteady gait - usually walking on tiptoe - and with an increasing difficulty in manipulating small objects. The fly is very unhappy about being stuck on the paper and thus wraps the coyote with it, who tiptoes away from the scene. 8. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gliding on tiptoes is fundamental to this dance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A student, however, told the detectives that according to his view the impressions were made by barefoot boys walking on tip-toe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was playing like a circus tight-rope walker; he's on his tiptoes on the roof peak! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She attempts to take one of the apples, and can not quite reach it (even on tip-toes). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She does not believe there is anything to be gained by tiptoeing around a subjects personal life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A "pointe" is the ballet figure where one stands on tiptoes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They take a dancer's attitude, tiptoed or lightly balanced on one leg. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Curious of why she should not, the cat opted to do so as she tiptoed towards the phantom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He tiptoes towards her and leans in close to her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One trooper, tiptoeing through some heavy underbrush, suddenly heard three loud clicks behind him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Angels too tiptoed in to bless them. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He gave the public its first look at what was later called his war dance (his habit of tiptoeing on the track before his races) and won by five lengths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By standing on tiptoe he was able to reach the window. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was on tiptoe to receive the news, but each time he passed on before he gave any. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The steps which anybody took were on tiptoe and non-provocative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot continue to tiptoe around the problem or sweep it under the carpet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very well; alternatives should be considered, and it really is important that we should not just tiptoe round this issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, in view of the international situation, he had to tiptoe delicately along a tightrope. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When it is a matter of protecting the consumer, it takes eleven years before they even tiptoe forward. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a rough-and-tumble and chairs were broken, the audience standing on tiptoe to watch the proceedings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I tiptoe delicately into the subject of drinking and driving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He does it rather on tiptoe, but he has done it on a massive and damaging scale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One has always to discuss these things almost on tiptoe, because the tendency is to suggest that we are getting more than our due share. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Doctrinally, it manifests itself in the fine arguments of judicial review, in which courts tiptoe around policy decisions, interpreting statutes but never challenging them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The characteristics of our people are such that we never rush headstrong or heedlessly into anything, nor do we tiptoe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he now trying to tiptoe out of an impossible situation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Terrified of a violent outburst they tiptoe around deferring to his or her every whim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The debate has helped me by enabling me to tiptoe delicately for the first time into consumer matters after having so often been on the other side in these debates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely to goodness we need to have that debate, whether we agree on the principle or not; it is no good trying to tiptoe past it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is now the front foot is lowered flat, while the back foot is raised into the tiptoe position. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Initially, the front foot is held flat on the ground, while the back foot is in a tiptoe position. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After going to back to his room, he hears the tiptoe of footsteps again, after sitting around in expectation of the ghost. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Progressive dystonia results in clubfoot and tiptoe walking. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Affected horses display a tiptoe gait - trying to walk on the toes due to heel pain. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They weren't precious and didn't tiptoe around me. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The transparency may be used deceptively with a ballerina style to give the appearance of standing on tiptoe or "en pointe". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Agathon says love is dainty, and likes to tiptoe through the flowers and never settles where there is no bud to bloom (196b). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The end result is that a horse, weighing on average, travels on the same bones as would a human on tiptoe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They tiptoe past the caretaker, but then all the animals start making noises, so they have to hurry up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bugs manages to inform him of where they are and instructs him to follow on tiptoe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In all these early pieces, theatrical traditions, fashion, and experiment tiptoe toward modern dance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To accommodate the toe drop, the patient may use a characteristic tiptoe walk on the opposite leg, raising the thigh excessively, as if walking upstairs, while letting the toe drop. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I ran a little way ahead, stood on tiptoe in hopes of catching sight of her again, but the big black sea of people had swallowed her up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She writes with a keen sensitivity to the complex weave of feelings embedded in all human relationships, with particular attention to the way we tiptoe around areas of radioactive emotion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are so wrapped up in their private row that they do not notice when the four visitors tiptoe down the stairs and out of the house. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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