footstep

英 ['fʊtstep] 美['fʊtstɛp]
  • n. 脚步;脚步声;足迹

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复数: footsteps;

英文词源


footstep (n.)
early 13c., "footprint," from foot (n.) + step (n.). Meaning "a tread or fall of the foot" is first attested 1530s. Figurative expression to follow in (someone's) footsteps is from 1540s.

双语例句


1. A footstep in the snow. Madame Defarge.
雪地里有脚步声, 是德伐日太太.

来自英汉文学 - 双城记

2. Ruth listened and started nervously at every passing footstep.
露丝谛听着,每次有脚步声过去她就心惊肉跳.

来自辞典例句

3. I listened for a footstep.
我留心听着脚步声.

来自辞典例句

4. The store is just a footstep away.
那爿店仅一步之遥.

来自辞典例句

5. Want kick out heart with the hurried footstep of lose.
想用匆忙的脚步赶走内心的失落.

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