footstep

英 [ˈfʊtstep]

美 [ˈfʊtstep]

n.  脚步声; 足迹

复数：footsteps　

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习惯用语

n.

follow in sb's footsteps
• 仿效某人
  to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as sb else, especially sb in your family
• She works in television, following in her father's footsteps.
  她步她父亲的后尘，在电视台工作。

牛津词典

noun

• 脚步声；足迹
  the sound or mark made each time your foot touches the ground when you are walking or running
  1. the sound of footsteps on the stairs
     楼梯上的脚步声
  2. footsteps in the snow
     雪地上的足迹

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 脚步声;足迹
  Afootstepis the sound or mark that is made by someone walking each time their foot touches the ground.
  1. I heard footsteps outside.
     我听见了外面的脚步声。
• PHRASE 效仿;步…后尘
  If youfollow insomeone'sfootsteps, you do the same things as they did earlier.
  1. My father is extremely proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor.
     我的父亲非常自豪，因为我继承他的事业，成为了一名医生。

英英释义

noun

• the act of taking a step in walking
• the sound of a step of someone walking
  1. he heard footsteps on the porch
  Synonym:footfallstep
• the distance covered by a step
  1. he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
  Synonym:pacestepstride

双语例句

• The noise in the street distracted me. I listened for a footstep.
  街上的嘈杂声使我分心。我留心听着脚步声。
• You tread behind his every footstep.
  你跟踪着他的沉重的脚步。
• But now, Pearl, I hear a footstep along the path, and the noise of one putting aside the branches.
  不过，珠儿，这会儿我听到有脚步声沿着小路走来，还有拨开树枝的声音。
• The footstep and singing were more and more close, and walk towards directly our Home.
  沙沙声和歌声越走越近，径直向我们家门口走来。
• After a while, the footstep came at the door, then, the door was opened like the door was striked by explosive bow wave.
  一会儿，脚步到了门口，随即，门像受到爆炸的冲击波撞击似的，砰一声被推开了。
• And thus much of woman was there in Hester, that she could scarcely forgive him-least of all now, when the heavy footstep of their approaching Fate might be heard, nearer, nearer, nearer!
  而由于海丝特身上存在着那么多女性的东西，她简直难以原谅他尤其是此时此刻，当他们面临的命运之神的沉重的脚步已经可以听得见是越走越近的时候！
• And home guardian, developed at the University of Virginia and set to be released next year, works in a similar way, analysing footstep patterns to detect problems.
  弗吉尼亚大学开发的homeguardian定于明年发布，其工作方式也类似，它会分析脚步模式来发现问题。
• Now it is February in North China where the spring footstep comes near.
  此时，北国的二月，春天的脚步已近。
• In the backside, there is a penniless heavy haversack, but your back is straight, your footstep is flimsy, your corners of the mouth smile is haughty and fortitude.
  背后，是一无所有的沉重的背带，但你的脊梁直挺，脚步脆弱，嘴角是不训，不屈的微笑。
• If she heard a footstep in the corridor, she closed the cupboard again as hastily as it was possible with her aged hands.
  如果她听见过道里有人走路，那双枯手便急忙锁上柜门。