demipointe

发音

/ˌdɛm.iːˈpɔɪnt/
/də.miːˈpwæ̃t/

词形变化

demipointes 复数

别名

demi-pointe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The ball of the foot, the padded front part of the sole behind the tip of the toes; hence, a ballet position executed with the dancer up on the balls of one or both feet, the heels raised up off the floor.

    可数 不可数 医学

词源

From demi- (“half”) + pointe (“tip of the toe”), via Old French demi from Latin dīmidius (“halved”), combined with French pointe (“point, tip”) from Late Latin pūnctum; in this sense short for pointe des pieds (“tippy-toe”, literally “tip of the feet”); cf. French sur la pointe des pieds (“on tiptoe”).

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