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tiptoe somewhere
动词用法，常接表示方向或地点的状语。
She tiptoed into the room to avoid waking the baby.
她踮着脚尖走进房间，以免吵醒婴儿。
脚尖
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
脚尖
the tip of a toe
She tiptoed into the room to avoid waking the baby.
她踮着脚尖走进房间，以免吵醒婴儿。
脚趾尖
the tip of a toe
She stood on her tiptoes to reach the top shelf.
她踮起脚尖去够最上面的架子。
The little girl walked on her tiptoes across the quiet room.
小女孩踮着脚尖走过安静的房间。
The dancer balanced on her tiptoes for a few seconds.
舞者踮着脚尖保持了几秒平衡。
动词用法，常接表示方向或地点的状语。
She tiptoed into the room to avoid waking the baby.
她踮着脚尖走进房间，以免吵醒婴儿。
名词短语，常用作状语，表示踮着脚的状态。
He stood on tiptoe to see over the crowd.
他踮起脚尖以便越过人群看到前面。
Not this
Yesterday he tiptoe quietly into the room.
Use this
Yesterday he tiptoed quietly into the room.
英语谓语动词须随主语和时态变化；he 作主语时一般现在时要加 -s（tiptoes），但此处叙述过去动作，应为过去式 tiptoed，不能保留动词原形。
Not this
He walked with tiptoe.
Use this
He walked on tiptoe.
表示“踮着脚走”时，英语固定搭配是 walk on tiptoe，介词用 on 不用 with；“用脚尖”的“用”不能直译成 with。
Not this
He tiptoed his feet into the room.
Use this
He tiptoed into the room.
tiptoe 是不及物动词，本身已包含“用脚尖走”的意思，不能接 feet 作宾语；汉语“踮脚”里的“脚”在英语中不需要单独译出。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
踮着脚走进房间
She tiptoed into the room so as not to wake the baby.
她踮着脚走进房间，以免吵醒宝宝。
踮着脚走出房子
He tiptoed out of the house early in the morning.
他一大早踮着脚走出房子。
踮着脚从某人旁边走过
We tiptoed past the sleeping guard.
我们踮着脚从睡着的警卫旁边走过。
踮着脚上楼梯
The children tiptoed up the stairs after midnight.
孩子们半夜后踮着脚上楼梯。
踮着脚；用脚尖
She stood on tiptoe to see over the crowd.
她踮着脚站着，想越过人群看过去。
踮着脚；急切地，翘首以盼
The children were on tiptoe with excitement before the curtain rose.
幕布升起前，孩子们兴奋地踮着脚。
绕开，回避（难题或敏感话题）
We spent the whole meeting tiptoeing around the budget cuts.
我们整个会议都在回避预算削减的问题。
（比喻）无忧无虑，逍遥自在
We can't just tiptoe through the tulips while the company is going bankrupt.
公司就要破产了，我们不能还这么若无其事地逍遥自在。
踮着脚尖和我一起穿过郁金香花丛。
From Tiny Tim's famous song 'Tiptoe Through the Tulips', this line is often quoted to suggest moving quietly and gently.
出自小提姆的著名歌曲《Tiptoe Through the Tulips》，这句歌词常被引用，暗示轻手轻脚、温柔地移动。
Use tiptoe naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把tip（尖端）和toe（脚趾）拼在一起：只用脚趾尖走路，就是tiptoe踮脚走。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常叙述、医学/解剖文本、文学描写 tiptoe 作名词（脚尖）时，用法因搭配和语境而不同：在 on tiptoe(s) 这类固定短语中多呈中性、日常语体；单独作名词指“脚尖”时，则多出现在较正式或描述性的文本中。学习时建议先掌握固定搭配的用法。
These words all end with the /oʊ/ sound, matching the final syllable of tiptoe (/ˈtɪpˌtoʊ/). Note that 'though' is spelled with -ough but is pronounced the same. Beware lookalikes such as 'tip' or 'tight'—they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.