toe

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toe1 /təʊ $ toʊ/ S3 noun [countableC] → tow

1 HBHone of the five movable parts at the end of your foot 脚趾 → finger

He stubbed his toe (=hurt it by kicking it against something) on a rock.

他的脚趾踢到一块石头上受了伤。

big toe (=the largest of your toes) 大脚趾

DCthe part of a shoe or sock that covers the front part of your foot 〔鞋或袜的〕足尖部 →4 See picture of 见图 FOOTWEAR →5 see picture at 见图 shoe1

3. tread on somebody’s toes British EnglishBrE, step on somebody’s toes American EnglishAmEOFFEND to offend someone, especially by becoming involved in something that they are responsible for 〔尤指因涉足别人负责的范围而〕得罪某人，触犯某人

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tread on somebody’s toes• I danced rigidly with Giacomo, kicking his shins and treading on his toes.• But I don't want us to tread on each other's toes.• Don't know the rules, don't want to tread on any toes.• Danny's filthy fingernails were digging into his neck and his one foot was treading on Henry's toes.• She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes.

4 keep somebody on their toes READYto make sure that someone is ready for anything that might happen 使某人随时准备行动；使某人保持警觉

They do random checks to keep workers on their toes.

他们进行随机抽查，让工人不懈怠。

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keep somebody on their toes• Inflation, which depletes the value of stocks and bonds, also keeps investors on their toes.• Together, these threats are supposed to discipline managers and keep them on their toes.• And, keeping them on their toes ... the doctors who walk eighteen miles a day.• He keeps them on their toes.• Meetings are held every nineteen days, not necessarily Sundays, which must keep people on their toes.• With a test every Friday, she keeps her students on their toes.• You have to have good people doing these jobs, and you have to keep folks on their toes.• The general use of disapproval in order to keep people on their toes tends to be counterproductive after a time.• We have improved because a few extra players have come in and the bench is outstanding which keeps everyone on their toes.

5. make somebody’s toes curl EMBARRASSEDto make someone feel very embarrassed or uncomfortable 使某人感到尴尬；使某人感到不舒服

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make somebody’s toes curl• The mere sight of him was enough to make McAllister's toes curl.

6. touch your toes BENDto bend downwards so that your hands touch your toes, without bending your knees 〔膝盖不弯曲〕躬身用手碰脚趾

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touch your toes• Bend from the waist, with your arms still straight, and touch your toes.• Then he would touch his toes twenty times.• Can you touch your toes while keeping your legs straight?

7. put/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 尝试

→ from head to toe at head1(1), → from top to toe at top1(23)

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toe• He looks under the table and sees a bare toe rubbing the toe of his sneaker.• She has a sharp cutting edge and woe betide the Europhile who treads on her toes.• Like on horseback, I hold on with the tips of my toes.• Invariably our toes are unnaturally cramped into odd-shaped shoes and the feet raised because we choose to teeter around in high heels!• Ruth's toes curled under the table.• In each directorate-general there is a leader, who keeps his team on their toes..

stubbed ... toe• Inside Polly yelped and stubbed her toe against a chair.• Striding away from the house, Carolyn stubbed her toe badly on a brick end and had to sit down to nurse it.• As a prominent figure in Rottweiler rescue, she's stubbed her toe on more unfair bullying and downright idiocy than most.• Jackie seemed to float upwards and Sam stubbed his toe.

toe2 verb (toed, toeing)

toe the line OBEYto do what other people in a job or organization say you should do, whether you agree with them or not 〔不管同意与否〕听从命令，服从纪律，按规定行事

You toe the line or you don’t stay on the team!

你要么服从纪律，要么就别待在队里！

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toe the line• You are put in a slot and expected to toe the line.• They didn't agree, but as government employees they had to toe the line.• And yet de Gaulle himself was remarkably confident that the army would toe the line.• It's only fair that if growers are doing their bit, other potential polluters must also toe the line.• They were no longer the oppressed, wretched teen menials who must take orders, toe the line.• Gail realized that she had to toe the line if she wanted to keep her job.• Catholic politicians have been pressured to toe the line on issues such as abortion.• They certainly choose their abuse soas to indicate to those who do toe the line that they have lost it.• He could be expected, then, to toe the line when it came to military versus civilian decisions.• Journalists who refuse to toe the line will have to be sacked.

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toe• He could be expected, then, to toe the line when it came to military versus civilian decisions.• The party stalwarts toe the presidential line and shout down those who disagree.

Origin toe1

Old English ta

toe1 nountoe2 verb

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