She tiptoed to the bedside of the sleeping child. 她用脚尖悄悄地走到酣睡的孩子床前。
She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf. 她得踮起脚尖才能够到顶层的架子。
We crept around on tiptoes so as not to disturb him. 为了不打扰他,我们都踮起脚尖走路。
He tiptoed quietly up the stairs. 他踮着脚轻轻走上楼梯。
I tiptoed past the sleeping child. 我踮着脚从睡着的孩子旁边走过。
Liz tiptoed out of the room. 利兹踮着脚走出房间。
I had to stand on tiptoe and even then I could hardly reach. 我必须踮起脚,即使这样还差点够不着。
She tiptoed quietly out of the room so as not to wake him up. 她蹑手蹑脚地从房间走出去, 以免吵醒他。
Your stride length is enormous, and it gives you this animalistic, loping gait, since you're always on your tiptoes. 你的步幅大得惊人,因为你经常用脚尖着地所以会让你有一种类似动物奔跑的步态。
Fei Little Beard squeezed in crabwise, closed the door quietly and tiptoed across to the desk where Wu Sun-fu was sitting."Yes, there's some," he muttered timidly, looking down at the floor. 费小胡子却不回答,挨身进来,又悄悄地将门关上,便轻着脚尖走到吴荪甫跟前,两只眼睛看着地下,慢吞吞地轻声说:“有。
Now, the phrase keeping on your toes is different from tiptoeing around.
短语“keep on your toes”的意思不同于“tiptoe around(蹑手蹑脚)”。
TED演讲(音频版) 2015年3月合集
You don't have to apologize. You don't have to tiptoe.
你不必为此感到愧疚, 你不必为此而畏缩。
英语百科
Tiptoe
Tiptoe (tiptoes or tippy toes) describes the human body posture and locomotion of removing the heel(s) of one or both feet from the ground. It is quite often used as a slang when the weight is placed on the balls of the feet, rather than literally the tips of the toes (which is very difficult), although it could still be used in that case (as in ballet).