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

• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Often remind of me exclamation life of footstep, I why I most demand person to comfort my time, they be whole heartless disappear here boundless world in.
  每每想起我就感叹人生的脚步，我为什么我最需要人来安慰我的时候，他们全无情的消失在这个茫茫世界中。
• You tread behind his every footstep.
  你跟踪着他的沉重的脚步。
• I heard his footstep on the stairs.
  我听到他踩在阶梯上的脚步声。
• '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。
• 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。
• A more elastic footstep entered next;
  跟着有人踏着轻快的脚步进来了；