footnote

英 [ˈfʊtnəʊt]

美 [ˈfʊtnoʊt]

n.  脚注; 次要者

复数：footnotes　过去式：footnoted　现在分词：footnoting　第三人称单数：footnotes　过去分词：footnoted　

TOEFLTEM8计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.10295 / COCA.10131

牛津词典

noun

• 脚注
  an extra piece of information that is printed at the bottom of a page in a book
• 次要者
  that may be remembered but only as sth/sb that is not important

柯林斯词典

• 脚注
  Afootnoteis a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page.
• N-COUNT 补充;补充的信息
  If you refer to what you are saying as afootnote, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned.
  1. As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
     我补充一句，他有时表现得过分逞强。
• N-COUNT 无关紧要的事;次要事件
  If you describe an event as afootnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered.
  1. I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
     恐怕他的名字现在会成为历史的注脚。

英英释义

noun

• a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
  Synonym:footer

verb

• add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  1. The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
  Synonym:annotate

双语例句

• I'd rather you not refer to Tom as a footnote.
  我建议你别和汤姆说这只是脚注。
• The superscript footnote marker comes last, after both the punctuation and the closing quotation mark.
  脚注标记的上标在最后，即标点符号和后引号之后。
• As a footnote, I should say that he did not actually visit the place himself.
  我应该补充说明一下，他本人其实并没有访问过那个地方。
• Now I think that they make their most effective case in a footnote.
  现在我想，它们在一个脚注中最有效。
• In the examples given throughout this document, footnote or appendix references will appear as a number and letter combination in parentheses.
  在本文给出的示例中，脚注和附录的参考说明可以使用圆括号中数字与字母结合的方法来说明。
• I noticed that the author of our textbook frequently referred by footnote to these library books.
  我还注意到，从图书馆借来的这些书，恰是课本的著者经常在脚注中提到的。
• In addition some element containing a footnote will be appended to the HTML by AJAX as well.
  另外，通过AJAX在HTML中附加几个包含脚注的元素。
• I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
  恐怕他的名字现在会成为历史的注脚。
• As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
  我补充一句，他有时表现得过分逞强。
• In a few years of recent, this company is a footnote nevertheless.
  在最近的几年里，这家公司不过是一个脚注。