"tiptoeing" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 踮着脚走

Definition

用脚尖小心地、悄悄地走路，通常是为了不发出声音或不被发现。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

常用于形容小心翼翼地移动，以免吵醒别人、被发现或发出声音。还可以比喻小心处理某事。常用短语有 'tiptoeing around'（小心避开某个问题）。口语、非正式用法。

Examples

The children were tiptoeing around the house so they wouldn't wake their parents.

孩子们在房子里**踮着脚走**，以免吵醒父母。

He was tiptoeing past the sleeping dog.

他正在**踮着脚**走过正在睡觉的狗。

She practiced tiptoeing to make less noise at night.

她练习**踮着脚走**，以便晚上少发出声音。

I found him tiptoeing into the kitchen for a midnight snack.

我发现他半夜**踮着脚走**进厨房偷吃。

We were tiptoeing around, hoping not to get caught.

我们在**踮着脚走**，希望不要被发现。

She’s been tiptoeing around the subject, afraid to bring it up directly.

她一直**小心翼翼地回避**这个话题，不敢直接说出来。