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 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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！”
• '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。
• A trail of her footstep was on the pure white ground, made me feel light and warm.
  她的一串脚步印在洁白的雪地上，给人一种轻盈而又温暖的感觉。
• 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。
• I heard his footstep on the stairs.
  我听到他踩在阶梯上的脚步声。
• After a while, the footstep came at the door, then, the door was opened like the door was striked by explosive bow wave.
  一会儿，脚步到了门口，随即，门像受到爆炸的冲击波撞击似的，砰一声被推开了。
• 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。