toe dance

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dance performed on the balls of the feet or en pointe.
    — In the excitement of trying to get the ball launched he may do a momentary toe dance, then crouch, stand, skip, or run before finally lobbing the ball a total of perhaps seven feet.
  2. The act of avoiding an issue by equivocation, complicated diplomacy, or changing the subject.
    — One of my concerns, frankly, is that we are just kind of, you know, we hold a hearing and we talk about it a little bit, and then it disappears from the limelight, and we are kind of doing a toe dance around the problems in Liberia rather than really addressing the problems as forcefully as we should.
动词 v.
  1. Alternative form of toe-dance.; Dance on ones toes
    — It was a common scene for one of the older boys to play the fiddle while the others toe danced.
  2. Alternative form of toe-dance.; Avoid an issue
    — Doctors toe dance around diagnosis of the disease, too.

词形变化

toe dances plural toedance alternative toe-dance alternative toe dances present,singular,third-person toe dancing participle,present toe danced participle,past toe danced past toedance alternative toe-dance alternative
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