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| | one of the five individual parts at the end of your foot . Your big toe is the largest, and your little toe is the smallest 脚趾 | Vera slipped off her shoes and wriggled her toes. 薇拉甩掉鞋子，扭动着脚趾头。 | | I stubbed my toe (=hurt it by hitting it) on the step. 我的脚趾碰到台阶受伤了。 | | on your toes (=with only your toes on the ground) He stood on his toes to look out of the window. 踮起脚尖 | | | a | the part of a shoe or sock that covers your toes （鞋或袜的）足尖部 | | shoes with pointed toes 尖头鞋 | | | | b | to bend , while keeping your legs straight , and touch your toes with your fingers, as a physical exercise （体育锻炼中）用手指触足尖 | | |
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| - | dip your/a toe into sth
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| to try doing something , in order to test whether it will be successful or suitable |
| 尝试做某事；涉足某事 |
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| They have dipped a toe into the computer games market. 他们已涉足计算机游戏市场。 |
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| - | from head/top to toe
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| over the whole of your body |
| 从头到脚；全身 |
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| He was covered in mud from head to toe. 他浑身上下都是泥。 |
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| - | keep sb on their toes
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| to make someone concentrate on what they are doing so that they are ready to deal with any problem or situation that might happen |
| 使某人保持警觉（以应对可能出现的问题或状况） |
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| - | make sb’ s toes curl
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| to make someone feel extremely embarrassed |
| 使某人极度尴尬 |
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| - | tread/step on sb’ s toes
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| to offend someone by doing something that they should be responsible for or that they have the authority to do |
| （由于越俎代庖或超越权限而）冒犯某人，得罪某人 |
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| - | turn up your toes BRITISH informal old-fashioned
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| to die |
| 死掉 |
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