toeing

英 [ˈtəʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈtoʊɪŋ]

v.  用脚尖走;用足尖跳舞
toe的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• 足尖；脚趾
  Yourtoesare the five movable parts at the end of each foot.
• (鞋、袜的)足尖部
  Thetoeof a shoe or sock is the part that covers the end of your foot.
• PHRASE 稍加尝试;谨慎尝试
  If youdipyourtoes intosomething ordipyourtoes into the waters ofsomething, you start doing that thing slowly and carefully, because you are not sure whether it will be successful or whether you will like it.
  1. This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets...
     这可能会促使黄金交易商谨慎地尝试重返市场。
  2. Universities are dipping their toes in the waters of management education.
     各大学正开始尝试进入管理教育领域。
• PHRASE 使保持警觉
  If you say that someone or somethingkeepsyouonyourtoes, you mean that they cause you to remain alert and ready for anything that might happen.
  1. His fiery campaign rhetoric has kept opposition parties on their toes for months.
     他激烈的竞选言辞使反对党派一连几个月都保持警觉。
• PHRASE 听从;服从
  If youtoe the line, you behave in the way that people in authority expect you to.
  1. ...attempts to persuade the rebel members to toe the line...
     说服叛乱分子顺从政府的努力
  2. He's one of the politicians that wouldn't toe the party line.
     他是不肯服从政党路线的几个政客之一。
• PHRASE 触犯;得罪
  If youtread onsomeone'stoes, you offend them by criticizing the way that they do something or by interfering in their affairs.
  1. I must be careful not to tread on their toes. My job is to challenge, but not threaten them.
     我必须小心谨慎，不能得罪他们。我的工作是挑战他们，而不是威胁他们。

双语例句

• The private initiative of such schools is deliberately choked off by the controlling ABA accreditors, each a hand-picked employee of or friend to the ABA schools toeing the ABA line.
  这种学校的私人主动性是故意扼杀了ABA的认证机构所控制，每一个亲手挑选雇员或朋友到学校八字脱落酸ABA的路线。
• "I can read music and have figured out the` toeing` by myself," he told.
  他说：我能读懂乐谱，还琢磨出用脚趾弹钢琴的方法。
• At this time of the year, anyone who hasn` t found that ideal employer is usually toeing the line, ready to make the final dash.
  每年的这个时候，那些还没有找到理想工作的人们跃跃欲试，准备做最后的冲刺。
• Die-casting in the mold design according to toeing die-casting the parameter function request of the spare parts support, design to settle the mold and move two parts of mold.
  压铸模设计中，根据要压铸零件支架的参数性能要求，设计定模和动模两部分。
• According to Liu, the big toe is the most flexible digit when "toeing," but that he can only reach five keys at the same time." It means I have to train my toes to move more rapidly," he said.
  他认为，大脚趾是最灵活的脚趾了，不过，他一次只能够到五个键，这就促使我加强训练脚趾，使其移动得更快。