foot n. (pl. feet ) 1.腳,足。 2.步調(diào),腳步。 3.〔集合詞〕步兵。 4.(器物的)足部;(山)麓;帆的下緣。 5.底部,底座,最下部;壓腳板;末尾。 6.?,英尺(=12英寸,1/3?碼,0.3048米)。 ★作長(zhǎng)度單位時(shí),前為數(shù)詞,單數(shù)也可用作復(fù)數(shù)。 例: two foot six = two feet six (inches). 7.【音韻學(xué)】音步。 8.(pl. foots) 渣滓,沉淀物;粗糖,油糟。 9.【動(dòng)物;動(dòng)物學(xué)】跗節(jié)。 10.【植物;植物學(xué)】花梗,發(fā)狀根。 have a light foot 腳步輕。 have leaden [heavy] feet 腳步沉重,行動(dòng)遲緩。 the foot of a bed 床頭的對(duì)面一端〔opp. the head of a bed 床頭;床的腳為 the legs of a bed〕。 the foot of the list 表列的下端。 the 42nd foot 步兵第42團(tuán)。 foot and horse 步兵與騎兵。 at the foot of a hill 在山腳。 at the foot of a class 全班的最后一名。 fleet [swift] of foot 行動(dòng)敏捷,健步如飛。 Better the foot slip than the tongue trip. = Better to slip with the foot than with the tongue. 〔諺語(yǔ)〕寧可失腳滑倒,不可隨口失言。 at a foot's pace 用步行速度,常步。 at sb.'s feet 在某人腳下[門下、手下](sit at sb.'s feet 拜某人為師)。 be carried out with one's feet foremost 被抬出去埋葬。 be sure of foot 踏實(shí)。 betray [display, show] the colven foot 露馬腳。 bring sb. to his feet 扶起某人。 carry [sweep, take] sb. off his feet 使人興奮,使人狂熱。 catch sb. on the wrong foot 使人措手不及。 change foot [feet] 換腳,換步。 drag one's feet 1. 拖著腳步走。 2. 故意拖拉,遲緩誤事。 drop [fall] on one's feet 運(yùn)氣好,沒(méi)有跌著;安然脫險(xiǎn),幸免于難。 feel one's feet [legs, wing] 感到有把握。 feet of clay 泥足,外強(qiáng)中干的,不堪一擊的 (a colossus with feet of clay 泥足巨人)。 find one's feet 開始站穩(wěn);能獨(dú)立行動(dòng)。 find [get, know, take] the length of sb.'s foot 抓到某人的弱點(diǎn)。 foot by foot 一步一步;逐漸。 foot to foot 短兵相接。 have a foot in the dish 有一份,獲得立足點(diǎn)。 have cold feet 害怕,膽寒,畏縮,不敢上陣。 have [with] one foot in the grave 風(fēng)燭殘年,離死不遠(yuǎn)。 have one's foot into 插足。 have [put, set] one's foot on the neck of sb. 壓服某人。 have two left feet 笨極了。 jump [spring] to one's feet 突然站起來(lái),躍起。 keep one's feet 站穩(wěn)。 lay sth. at sb.'s feet 把某物獻(xiàn)在某人腳下。 lift off one's feet (被水等)沖[撞]倒。 measure another man's foot by one's own last 以己度人。 miss one's foot 失腳,踏空,走亂步子。 my [me] foot ! 〔口語(yǔ)〕怪啦! 胡說(shuō)!去你的! not to lift [move, stir] a foot 一步也不動(dòng)。 off one's feet 躺著,坐著,跌倒;不知所措;措手不及;不能控制自己。 on foot 步行;在進(jìn)行中 (go on foot 走著去。 set a plan on foot 實(shí)施計(jì)劃)。 on one's feet 站起;健康復(fù)原,經(jīng)濟(jì)獨(dú)立,自立。 pull foot 逃走。 put one's best foot foremost [forward] 爭(zhēng)先快走;全力以赴。 put [set] one's foot down 立定腳跟;堅(jiān)持立場(chǎng);拿定主張。 put one's foot in [into] it 〔口語(yǔ)〕弄糟,鬧笑話,引起麻煩。 put one's feet up 〔口語(yǔ)〕雙腿平擱起來(lái)休息。 raise sb. to his feet 扶起某人。 rise [spring, struggle] to one's foot 站起。 rush sb. off his feet 使某人措手不及。 scrape one's feet 用腳擦地作聲。 set foot in 進(jìn)入。 set foot on 踏上。 set on foot 著手。 set sb. [sth.] on his [its] feet 使某人[物]獨(dú)立生存[存在]下去。 shoot oneself in the foot搬起石頭砸自己的腳。 sling a nasty foot 〔俚語(yǔ)〕跳舞跳得到家。 sweep sb. off his foot 使某人大為激動(dòng)〔不能控制自己〕。 take to one's feet 走出,步行,走去。 trample [tread] under foot 踐踏,蹂躪;虐待。 under sb.'s foot [feet] 屈服于人,唯命是從。 with both feet 強(qiáng)烈地,堅(jiān)決地。 with one's feet foremost 死去。 with one's wrong foot foremost 心情不好。 vt. 1.踏在…上,在…上走,在…上跳;跳(舞)。 2.〔口語(yǔ)〕結(jié)(賬),付(款)。 3.給(襪子等)換底。 4.(鷹等)以爪捕捉。 foot the road 走路。 foot the floor 跳舞。 foot (up) an account 結(jié)算賬目。 foot a bill 付賬。 vi. 1.步行;踏拍子;跳舞。 2.〔俚語(yǔ)〕合計(jì);共達(dá)。 3.(船等)前進(jìn)。 foot up to $500. 共計(jì)五百元。 foot it 〔口語(yǔ)〕走著去,跳舞。 foot up 〔口語(yǔ)〕湊成,湊足。
Barbicane was the first to set foot on dock . 巴比康第一個(gè)跨過(guò)船塢。
Setting foot on the island, he began to ascend the trail . 他踏上荒島,開始順著小徑往上攀登。
No man has ever set foot on that rocky island ; it 's impossible to land there . 沒(méi)人涉足那個(gè)巖島,不可能在那兒上岸。
So long as he remained president of the country, no foreign aggressor would set foot on his land again . 只要他繼續(xù)任總統(tǒng),就不會(huì)再發(fā)生外人入侵他的國(guó)土的事件了。
The job was agony for him, when he had to set foot on the sequoia, the presidential yacht . 這項(xiàng)工作對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)是件苦差事,因?yàn)樗袝r(shí)不得不登上總統(tǒng)的“紅杉號(hào)”游艇。
He was the first person to set foot on the moon 他是第一個(gè)登上月球的人。
The overseas are very glad to set foot on their homeland 華僑們非常高興地踏上祖國(guó)的土地。
Nobody has ever set foot on that island 沒(méi)有人曾經(jīng)登上過(guò)那個(gè)島嶼。
As yet , no man has set foot on mars 到目前為止還沒(méi)有人登上火星。
The first human to set foot on the moon 1969年第一位踏足月球的人