[N-COUNT 可数名词]足尖;脚趾 Your toes are the five movable parts at the end of each foot.
[usu pl]
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](鞋、袜的)足尖部 The toe of a shoe or sock is the part that covers the end of your foot.
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[PHRASE 短语]稍加尝试;谨慎尝试 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.
[V inflects]
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。
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]使保持警觉 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.
[V inflects]
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]听从;服从 If you toe the line, you behave in the way that people in authority expect you to.
[V inflects]
...attempts to persuade the rebel members to toe the line...
说服叛乱分子顺从政府的努力
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]触犯;得罪 If you tread on someone's toes, you offend them by criticizing the way that they do something or by interfering in their affairs.
[V inflects]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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。
Oxford
toe★/təʊ; NAmEtoʊ/
noun
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verb
toetoestoedtoeingnoun★1★one of the five small parts that stick out from the foot 脚趾◆the big/little toe(= the largest/smallest toe)大╱小脚趾◆I stubbed my toe on the step.我的脚趾踢在了台阶上。◆Can you touch your toes?(= by bending over while keeping your legs straight)你弯腰够得着你的脚趾么?2★the part of a sock, shoe, etc. that covers the toes(袜、鞋等的)足尖部3-toed( in adjectives 构成形容词) having the type or number of toes mentioned 有…脚趾的◆open-toed sandals露脚趾的凉鞋◆a three-toed sloth三趾树懒☞see also
pigeon-toed
IDIOMSkeep sb on their ˈtoesto make sure that sb is ready to deal with anything that might happen by doing things that they are not expecting (通过出其不意的行动)使保持警觉◆Surprise visits help to keep the staff on their toes.突击巡察有助于使员工不致懈怠偷懒。make sb's ˈtoes curlto make sb feel embarrassed or uncomfortable 使人尴尬;使人难为情☞see also
toe-curling
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dig
v.,dipv.,
head
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top
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tread
v.verbIDIOMtoe the ˈline(NAmE alsotoe the ˈmark)to say or do what sb in authority tells you to say or do, even if you do not share the same opinions, etc. 顺从当局(或集体);遵循…路线◆to toe the party line遵循党的路线toe/təʊ; NAmEtoʊ/
LDC
toe1 noun
toe2 verb
toetoe1 /təʊ $ toʊ/ ●●●S3 noun [countable]
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1toe (2)one of the five movable parts at the end of your foot → finger: He stubbed his toe (=hurt it by kicking it against something) on a rock.big toe (=the largest of your toes)2the part of a shoe or sock that covers the front part of your foot3tread on somebody’s toes British English, step on somebody’s toes American English to offend someone, especially by becoming involved in something that they are responsible for4keep somebody on their toes to make sure that someone is ready for anything that might happen: They do random checks to keep workers on their toes.5make somebody’s toes curl to make someone feel very embarrassed or uncomfortable6touch your toes to bend downwards so that your hands touch your toes, without bending your knees7put/dip a toe in the water to try a little of something or try an activity for a short time to see if you like it → from head to toe
at head1(1)
, → from top to toe
at top1(23)
toe1 noun
toe2 verb
toetoe2 verb (past tense and past participle toed, present participle toeing)
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toe the line to do what other people in a job or organization say you should do, whether you agree with them or not: You toe the line or you don’t stay on the team!
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