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pointe
[ French pwant ]
noun
- the tip of the toe.
- a position on the extreme tips of the toes.
pointe
/ 辫蓴瑟苍迟 /
noun
- ballet the tip of the toe (esp in the phrase on pointes )
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pointe1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pointe1
Idioms and Phrases
- on / en pointe, supporting one鈥檚 body weight on the extreme tips of the toes: onen pointes.
dancing on pointe.
Example Sentences
But it was when she moved to London that she badly injured her ankle while doing pointe work - where dancers perform on the tips of their toes - and her parents told her to travel back to Edinburgh while it healed.
NBC, the National Broadcasting Company, has two new series premiering Sunday night, 鈥淕rosse Pointe Garden Society,鈥 a dark comic soap opera, and 鈥淪uits LA,鈥 a brand revival of 鈥淪uits,鈥 which ran on USA Network from 2011 to 2019 and has become popular rerunning on Netflix.
鈥淕rosse Pointe Garden Society鈥 is set in the upscale, i.e. snooty, Detroit suburb of that name.
Authorities said that while he was searching inside a home on Pointe Royale for residents affected by the fire, he felt unwell and, soon after, collapsed.
Luckily, it turned out that pointe shoes moved easily across the carpet-covered floors.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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