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 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。
• 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。
• I heard his footstep on the stairs.
  我听到他踩在阶梯上的脚步声。
• 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。
• His footstep triggered off the hand grenade.
  他的脚步触发了手榴弹。
• To have a splendid dream is not enough. It's your every single footstep as a brick that builds it up.
  拥有一个华丽的梦想是不够的，只有你的每一个脚步来添砖加瓦，才能把它建起来！
• A more elastic footstep entered next;
  跟着有人踏着轻快的脚步进来了；
• The footstep stopped you in a hurry, let's have a chat together?
  停下你匆匆的脚步，我们一起聊聊吧？
• Perhaps the person of that in a dream hides deep place at the white cloud, past fog of the eyeful, was fond of me to return of footstep.
  也许那梦中的人藏匿在白云深处，故揽了满眼的雾，迷了我归去的脚步。
• I met you abruptly, with violently beating heart and light footstep to come around you: "heyhey, stinking cookroach, you must be dead this time."
  突然和你相遇，心一阵狂跳，我放轻了脚步，悄悄来到你身旁，“嘿嘿，臭蟑螂，这次年死定啦！”