a-tiptoe

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative form of atiptoe. alt-of,alternative,not-comparable
副词 adv.
  1. Alternative form of atiptoe. alt-of,alternative,not-comparable
    — Our impatient friend scrambled, with some difficulty, on the top of the bench intended for his seat; and there, "paining himself to stand a-tiptoe," like [Geoffrey] Chaucer's gallant Sir Chaunticlere, he challenged the notice of the audience as he stood bowing and claiming acquaintance of his namesake, Sir Geoffrey the larger, with whose shoulders, notwithstanding his elevated situation, he was scarcely yet upon a level.
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