| 词汇 | footstep |
| 释义 | footstep noun[ C ] uk /ˈfʊt.step/ us /ˈfʊt.step/ C1 the sound or mark made by a person walking as their foot touches the ground: Walking along the darkened street, he heard footsteps close behind him.走在黑漆漆的大街上，他听到有脚步声紧随其后。 Their footsteps echoed between the ancient stone buildings. He looked down to see which way the footsteps went. footsteps[ plural ] the route or journey a person takes in order to reach a place or to achieve something: follow someone's footstepsThe experience allows you to follow the footsteps of the explorers to Earth's last great wilderness. We heard approaching footsteps and voices. I jump every time I hear a footstep in the hall. They could see his footsteps in the snow. She was afraid to turn to see whose footsteps were following her. There was a footstep on the stairs, then another. Heavy footsteps crossed the ceiling. Noises made by the body belch borborygmus break break windidiom bruit burp clear cough footfall grumble pass windidiom sneeze sneezy snore snorer snoring wheeze wind yawn You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Walking and walkers footstep | American Dictionaryfootstep noun[ C ] us/ˈfʊtˌstep/ the movement or sound of each step a person takes when walking: We never saw anyone in the building, but sometimes we heard footsteps down the hall. Examples of footstepfootstep Walking in our own footsteps : autobiographical memory and reconstruction. I am not suggesting that ' developing nations ' are following in the footsteps of ' advanced nations ', nor that there would not be obvious discontinuities. Following the footsteps of their parents, the ancestors worked all of their lives in the fields. The sound of footsteps on old and worn floorboards is a catalyst that calls forth the collective memories we bear with us. He told me that three of his sons were following in his footsteps, while one, breaking with tradition, was a schoolteacher. The hold duration is to prevent transients such as heavy footsteps unintentionally triggering the record function. Types of improvisation cued included vocal mimesis of the soundscape, textural sounds, melody, the rhythm of my footsteps and short or long utterances. All his subsequent observations follow neatly in its footsteps. In the trampled plots, the leaf litter within the plots was trampled at weekly intervals with ten footsteps by a researcher wearing rubber boots. If one were to take these interviews as a guide for how to follow in these luminaries' footsteps, the book presents almost as many paths as it does interviews. Can you hear the assassin's footsteps behind? Countless footsteps and scrubbings with oil soap and water have worn down the soft early wood between the rings, leaving the harder summer wood in wrinkled relief. Many eminent theorists followed in his footsteps. The footsteps always continuing across the space. In his teaching, he repeatedly emphasized the importance of examining the historical development of the analytic tradition, inspiring a new generation of philosophers to follow in his footsteps. See all examples of footstep These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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