Ⅰ ❶ (抬起; 竖起) lift up (a leg); hold up (a finger): ~ 起大拇指 hold up one's thumb in approval; thumbs up; ~ 着腿坐着 sit with one's legs crossed ❷ (脚后跟抬起, 脚尖着地) on tiptoe: ~ 着脚走路 walk on tiptoe; 她 ~ 着脚走到孩子的床边。 She tiptoed to the bedside of the child. Ⅱ (高跷) stilts ◆跷板 seesaw; 跷蹊 fishy; dubious; 跷跷板 seesaw; 跷足以待 curl up one's leg and wait at ease