footstep

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n. 脚步, 脚步声, 足迹

发音

US /ˈfʊtstɛp/

词形变化

footsteps 复数 footsteps

教材释义与例句

名词

脚步；脚步声；足迹

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.

    Mere footsteps away from the victim lay the murder weapon.

  2. 2.

    The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.

    The child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves.

  3. 3.

    The indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.

    比喻 引申义

    To walk the footsteps of greatness requires that you start at the bottom of a long stair.

    follow in someone's footsteps

  4. 4.

    The sound made by walking, running etc.

    The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall.

  5. 5.

    A step, as in a stair.

    The garden path had a small footstep down to the main walkway.

  6. 6.

    The act of taking a step.

    Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!

  7. 7.

    An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

step pace stride footfall

上位词 2

sound step

下位词 1

tramp

相关短语

devil's footstep

词源

From Middle English fotstep, fotstappe, from Old English *fōtstepe, *fōtstæpe (attested only in derivative fōtstappel (“footstep”)), equivalent to foot + step. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Foutstappe (“footstep”), West Frisian fuotstap (“footstep”), Dutch voetstap (“footstep”).

来源：wiktionary