toe

名词 n. 动词 v.
/təʊ/    /toʊ/|/təʉ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot. countable,uncountable
    — An old traditional prescription for provoking erotic inclinations ran as follows, The toe of the foot of a man, anointed with oil, or honey, or the ashes of a weasel.
  2. The equivalent part in an animal. countable,uncountable
  3. That part of a shoe or sock covering the toe. countable,uncountable
  4. Something resembling a toe, especially at the bottom or extreme end of something. countable,uncountable
    — (golf) the extreme end of the head of a club.
  5. An advanced form of ballet primarily performed by women, wearing pointe shoes. uncountable
  6. An alignment of the wheels of a road vehicle, either positive (toe in), meaning the wheels are closer together at the front than at the back, or negative (toe out), the other way round. countable,uncountable
  7. The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step. countable,uncountable
  8. A lateral projection at one end, or between the ends, of a piece, such as a rod or bolt, by means of which it is moved. countable,uncountable
  9. A projection from the periphery of a revolving piece, acting as a cam to lift another piece. countable,uncountable
  10. The long side of an angled cut. countable,uncountable
  11. The upper end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead; as opposed to the heel (lower end). countable,uncountable
  12. A cameltoe. countable,slang,uncountable
  13. Speed, energy, vigor. Australia,New-Zealand,slang,uncountable
    — to have a lot of toe
  14. a person countable,figuratively,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To furnish (a stocking, etc.) with a toe. transitive
  2. To touch, tap or kick with the toes. intransitive,transitive
    — "Here's ten shillings for you, but I'm going to toe your backside first!" said Manna. And the Dane let him kick away; his yellow teeth gleamed in a servile grin and then he clutched at the money.
  3. To touch or reach with the toes; to come fully up to. transitive
    — to toe the mark
  4. To fasten (a piece) by driving a fastener at a near-45-degree angle through the side (of the piece) into the piece to which it is to be fastened. transitive
    — The framers toed the irregular pieces into the sill.
  5. To mishit a golf ball with the toe of the club. transitive

词形变化

toes plural toes present,singular,third-person toeing participle,present toed participle,past toed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).
Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).
词源 2
From Middle English to, from Old English tā, (Mercian) tāhe, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā, from Proto-Germanic *taihwǭ, from *tīhwaną (“to show, announce”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to show”).
Cognate with Dutch teen, German Zehe, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tå, Faroese and Icelandic tá; also Old English teōn (“to accuse”), German zeihen (“to accuse, blame”); see also Hittite [script needed] (tekkuššāi), Latin dīcere (“to say”), digitus (“finger”), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, “to point out, show”), Sanskrit दिदेष्टि (dídeṣṭi), दिशति (diśáti).
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