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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 'said Mrs d'Urberville, recognizing a new footstep.
  德贝维尔夫人听见有一种新的脚步声，嘴里说。
• Research and practice of big lead angle rotating unloading method for precise cold extrusion die of spherical slippery footstep
  球面滑履精密冷挤压大升角旋转脱模方法研究与实践
• I heard his footstep on the stairs.
  我听到他踩在阶梯上的脚步声。
• 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！
• 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！”
• You tread behind his every footstep.
  你跟踪着他的沉重的脚步。
• 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。