英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊhəʊld/

名詞

toehold (複数形 toeholds)

1. (rock climbing) A foothold small enough to support just the toe.
2. (by extension) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 151:

     Were Herat to fall to the Persians, this would give the Russians a crucial and dangerous toe-hold in western Afghanistan.

   • 2009, Alan Travis, The Guardian, 8 Dec 2009:

     One in three "adult-kids" who have not left the parental nest say they are still living at home because they cannot afford to get a toehold on the property ladder by buying or renting.

3. (wrestling) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.

参考

• foothold