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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
  他的力量必因饥饿衰败，祸患要在他旁边等候。
• Come to cannot go back land footstep.
  到了无法挽回的地步。
• 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！
• He listened; it was a footstep pacing back and forth, as though some one were walking in the room above him.
  好象有人在他上面屋子里走路，是来回走动的步履声。
• 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。