tippy
adjective uk/ˈtɪp.i/ us/ˈtɪp.i/
mainly US容易倾斜的
If something is tippy, it is likely to move about so that one side is higher than the other, or to turn over.
It was hard to sleep on the tippy wooden benches in the bus station. 在公共汽车站的倾斜木凳上很难能睡着。
Her tippy little racing canoe was not designed for such difficult conditions. 她那容易翻的小皮艇不是为这种困难的条件设计的。
- More examples
- We had to cross over to other side of the river using a tippy raft.
- I discovered that my cabin was in the tippiest part of the boat.
- The earliest skateboard was just a tippy piece of wood bolted onto some wheels.
on tippy toes (also on your tippy toes)（童语）踮著腳尖的
child's expression for on tiptoe(s)
I had to get on tippy toes to see over the fence. 我必须得踮起脚尖才能看到围栏那边。
I got on my tippy toes and reached for the bottles. 我踮起脚尖伸手去拿那些瓶子。