In ballet, pointe is dancing on the very ends of the toes, with the feet held straight up and down, so the dancer looks taller and lighter. You will hear on pointe (sometimes the French en pointe): it means the dancer is up there, not standing on the flat of the foot or on the ball of the foot.

In ballet在芭蕾裡 pointepointe（足尖） is dancing on the very ends of the toes是用腳趾最尖端跳舞 with the feet held straight up and down腳掌是直直立起來的 so the dancer looks taller and lighter讓舞者看起來更高、更輕盈 You will hear on pointe你會聽到on pointe這個說法 (sometimes the French en pointe)（有時是法文的en pointe） it means the dancer is up there意思是舞者是踮在那個高度上 not standing on the flat of the foot or on the ball of the foot而不是用整個腳掌，或腳掌前端站著

It takes years of training, and special hard shoes called pointe shoes. From the audience it can look effortless; though actually it hurts at first, and dancing on pointe too young can damage growing bones — teachers wait until the feet are ready.

It takes years of training這需要好幾年的訓練 and special hard shoes called pointe shoes還要一種叫做pointe shoes的特殊硬鞋 From the audience從觀眾席看 it can look effortless可能會看起來毫不費力 though actually不過其實 it hurts at first一開始會很痛 and dancing on pointe too young而且太小就開始踮足尖跳舞 can damage growing bones可能會傷到還在發育的骨頭 teachers wait until the feet are ready老師會等到腳準備好了才教

The word is French for "tip" or "point". English already had point for a tip; ballet kept the French spelling to name this one skill.

The word這個字 is French for "tip" or "point"是法文的「尖端」或「點」 English already had point for a tip英文早就有point可以指尖端 ballet kept the French spelling但芭蕾保留了法文拼法 to name this one skill專門用來稱呼這個特定的技巧

It is a dance-studio word. Outside ballet, point is the word you want.

It is a dance-studio word這是舞蹈教室裡的用字 Outside ballet在芭蕾之外 point is the word you want你要用的字就是point