late 14c., from tip (n.1) + toe (n.). As an adverb from 1590s; as a verb from 1630s. Related: Tiptoes (late 14c.), also tiptoon; tip-toed. Tippy-toes is from 1820.
例文
1. Standing on tiptoe ,the boy looked over the wall.
その子は足を組んで壁の外を眺めていた.
2.I stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
私は背伸びをして小さな山頂に立った。
3.He stood tiptoe upon a little hill.
彼は丘の上で背伸びをして立っている。
4. Tiptoe is the most neutral verb.
tiptoe 最も賛否の区別がない。
5.She leaned her bike against the stone wall and stood on tiptoe to peer over it.