tiptoe學測 L6KK [ˈtɪˌpto] ｜ /ˈtɪˌptoʊ/
踮腳輕行；躡手躡腳·腳尖·躡手躡腳的
身兼動詞、名詞、形容詞三種身分的常考字
Every morning she tiptoes past her sleeping grandmother's door with her shoes in her hand.
她每天早上都踮著腳尖走過奶奶熟睡的房門，鞋子拿在手上。
一個畫面：踮腳尖悄聲挪移
腳跟離地只靠腳尖撐地站立或行走
放輕動作刻意放慢，怕發出聲響
怕吵到人不想吵醒或引起他人注意
義項
半夜覓食C2verb踮腳輕行；躡手躡腳
Afraid of waking his parents, the boy tiptoed across the floor to get a snack.
男孩怕吵醒爸媽，踮著腳尖走過地板去拿點心。
tiptoe into a roomtiptoe past someone
踮腳站立C2noun腳尖
She walked on tiptoe to avoid waking up the baby.
她踮著腳尖走路，才不會吵醒寶寶。
on tiptoestand on tiptoe
輕手輕腳C2adjective躡手躡腳的
She took tiptoe steps down the hall so no one would wake up.
她踮著腳尖，一步步走下走廊，免得吵醒任何人。
tiptoe steps
片語
on tiptoe踮起腳尖 →用腳尖站立或行走
tiptoe around迂迴繞過 →小心迴避敏感話題
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She stood on ___ to reach the top shelf. (tiptoe / tiptop)
看答案
tiptoe
tiptoe指踮腳尖，tiptop是「極佳狀態」，拼字相近但意思不同。
'She took tiptoe steps down the hall.' 這裡的 tiptoe 是什麼詞性？(A) 名詞 (B) 動詞 (C) 形容詞
看答案
(C)
tiptoe修飾steps，屬形容詞用法，並非動詞或名詞。