toe是什么意思_toe怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

toe: toe: [OE] Many European languages use the same word for ‘finger’ and ‘toe’ (Spanish dedo, for example, and Russian and Polish palec), and English toe may have originated in such a dualpurpose term. Its prehistoric Germanic ancestor was *taikhwōn, and it has been speculated that this may be related to Latin digitus ‘finger, toe’ (source of English digit). Other descendants of the Germanic form include German zehe, Dutch tee, Swedish tåa, and Danish taa.
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toe (n.): Old English ta "toe" (plural tan), contraction of *tahe (Mercian tahæ), from Proto-Germanic *taihwo (cognates: Old Norse ta, Old Frisian tane, Middle Dutch te, Dutch teen (perhaps originally a plural), Old High German zecha, German Zehe "toe"). Perhaps originally meaning "fingers" as well (many PIE languages still use one word to mean both fingers and toes), and thus from PIE root *deik- "to show" (see diction).
Þo stode hii I-armed fram heued to þe ton. [Robert of Gloucester, "Chronicle," c. 1300]
The old plural survived regionally into Middle English as tan, ton. To be on (one"s) toes "alert, eager" is recorded from 1921. To step on (someone"s) toes in the figurative sense "give offense" is from late 14c. Toe-hold "support for the toe of a boot in climbing" is from 1880.
toe (v.): "touch or reach with the toes," 1813, from toe (n.). First recorded in expression toe the mark, which seems to be nautical in origin.
The chief mate ... marked a line on the deck, brought the two boys up to it, making them "toe the mark." [R.H. Dana, "Two Years Before the Mast," 1840]
Related: Toed; toeing.

词态变化

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权威造句

1. He"s one of the politicians that wouldn"t toe the party line.: 他是不肯服从政党路线的几个政客之一。

2. I kicked a dustbin very hard and broke my toe.: 我狠狠地踢了一脚垃圾箱，结果脚趾骨折了。

3. They were sensibly dressed from top to toe in rain gear.: 他们从头到脚都用雨具捂得严严实实，非常明智。

4. He was dressed in white from head to toe.: 他从头到脚穿了一身白色。

5. Redman broke a toe in training.: 雷德曼在训练中折断了一根脚趾。

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toe in 内八字脚

toe to toe 旗鼓相当地

toe toe phr. 托叶草

go toe to toe with 与……旗鼓相当

toe to toe drilling 竖直大炮眼的钻孔

toe cap n. 鞋头

claw toe 爪状趾

toe dancing phr. 足尖舞

toe box n.内包头

peep toe 露脚趾（鞋）

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. 脚踝(ankle)，脚后跟(heel)，小腿(shin)，大腿(thigh)，膝盖(lap)。

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