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foot AHD[f‹t] D.J.[fʊt]K.K.[fʊt]n.（名词）【复数】 feet[fēt]  Carlyn Iverson- The lower extremity of the vertebrate leg that is in direct contact with the ground in standing or walking.脚、足：有椎骨的腿的最下端，在站立或行走时直接与地面接触的部分
- A structure used for locomotion or attachment in an invertebrate animal, such as the muscular organ extending from the ventral side of a mollusk.足部：无脊椎动物用于移动或接连的结构，比如软体动物腹侧延伸的强壮器官
- Something suggestive of a foot in position or function, especially:类似脚的东西：在位置或作用上近似于脚的东西，尤其是：
- The lowest part; the bottom:最低部；底部：the foot of a mountain; the foot of a page.山脚；页的底部
- The end opposite the head, top, or front:脚部，下部，末尾：对应于头，顶部，前方的另一端：the foot of a bed; the foot of a parade.床尾；游行队伍末尾
- The termination of the leg of a piece of furniture, especially when shaped or modeled.底座，脚：家具腿的末端，尤其当制作或形成时
- The part of a sewing machine that holds down and guides the cloth.压脚板：缝纫机的一部分，压住布料并引导布料
- Nautical The lower edge of a sail.【航海】 帆的下缘：船帆的较低边
- Botany The base of the sporophyte in mosses and liverworts.【植物学】 发状根：苔藓和地铁孢子体的基部
- The inferior part or rank:较差的部分，较低的等级：at the foot of the class.阶级的底层
- The part of a stocking or high-topped boot that encloses the foot.足部：长筒袜或长筒靴包住脚的那部分
- A manner of moving; a step:步伐：移动的姿态；步子：walks with a light foot.轻快地走着
- Speed or momentum, as in a race:速度，动量：如在比赛中的速度或冲力："the only other Democrats who've demonstrated any foot till now"(Michael Kramer)“唯一采取行动的民主人士”(迈克尔·克雷默)
- (used with a pl. verb)Foot soldiers; infantry:（与复数动词连用）步兵部队；步兵：A regiment of foot are descending the hill.一团的步兵正走下山丘
- A unit of poetic meter consisting of stressed and unstressed syllables in any of various set combinations. For example, an iambic foot has an unstressed followed by a stressed syllable.音步：诗歌音步的单位，在一种组合中由重读或不重读的音节形成。例如，杨柳格的音步是非重读音节后跟重读音节
- Abbr. ft.,ftA unit of length in the U.S. Customary and British Imperial systems equal to 12 inches (0.3048 meter). See table at measurement 缩写 ft.,ft英尺：美国惯用的以及英国法定标准的长度单位，相当于12英寸（0.3048米） 参见 measurement
- foots Sediment that forms during the refining of oil and other liquids; dregs. foots 渣滓：在炼油或提炼其它液体过程中产生的沉淀物；残渣
v.（动词）foot.ed, foot.ing, foots v.intr.（不及物动词）- To go on foot; walk. Often used withit : 步行：步行；行走。通常与it 连用： When their car broke down, they had to foot it the rest of the way.当他们的车抛锚后，他们不得不走完剩余的路
- To dance. Often used withit : 跳舞：跳舞。通常与it 连用： "We foot it all the night/weaving olden dances"(William Butler Yeats)“跳了一整夜舞/踏着古老的舞步”(威廉·巴特勒·耶茨)
- Nautical To make headway; sail.【航海】 向前驶进；航进
v.tr.（及物动词）- To go by foot over, on, or through; tread.走，踏：徒步行走在…上或穿过…；踩踏
- To execute the steps of (a dance).跳（某种舞）：表演（舞蹈）的舞步
- To add up (a column of numbers) and write the sum at the bottom; total:结算：把（一列数字）加起来并将总数写在底部；总数：footed up the bill.合计帐单总数
- To pay; defray:付钱；支付费用：footed the expense of their children's education.支付孩子教育的费用
- To provide (a stocking, for example) with a foot.给脚穿上（比如，长筒袜）
at (someone's) feet - Enchanted or fascinated by.被吸引或被迷住
best foot forward - A favorable initial impression:开始的好印象：He always has his best foot forward when speaking to his constituents. Put your best foot forward during an employment interview.当提起他的选区选民，他总是说出最好的一面以给人留下好印象。在用人单位面试时要尽量给人留下好印象
feet of clay - An underlying weakness or fault:表现出的缺点或错误："They discovered to their vast discomfiture that their idol had feet of clay, after placing him upon a pedestal"(James Joyce)“在他们把此人当作一个了不起的人物以后，令他们大为懊恼的是他们发现这位偶像有缺点还犯了错误”(詹姆斯·乔伊丝)
foot in the door【俚语】 - An initial point of or opportunity for entry.开端，渗入：出发点或进入的机会
- A first step in working toward a goal.朝目标迈进的第一步
have one foot in the grave【非正式用语】 - To be on the verge of death, as from illness or severe trauma.行将就木：由于疾病或严重创伤濒临死亡
on (one's) feet - Standing up:站立着：The crowd was on its feet for the last ten seconds.人群都站立着渡过了最后的十秒钟
- Fully recovered, as after an illness or convalescence:康复：疾病或渐愈之后完全康复：The patient is on her feet again.病人复原了
- In a sound or stable operating condition:非常稳定，正常的运转状态：put the business back on its feet after years of mismanagement.这几年管理失误，现在该让业务正常运转起来了
- In an impromptu situation; extemporaneously:即席的；无准备的："Politicians provide easy targets for grammatical nitpickers because they have to think on their feet"(Springfield MA Morning Union)“政客们很容易被挑剔语法的人树为靶子，因为他们必须即席思考”(斯普林菲尔德MA早晨联合报)
on the right foot - In an auspicious manner:顺利：以非常幸运方式：The project started off on the right foot but soon ran into difficulties.这个项目开始时非常顺利但很快遇到了麻烦
on the wrong foot - In an inauspicious manner:不顺利：以不幸运的方式：The project started off on the wrong foot.这项工程一开始就不顺利
- Middle English fot 中古英语 fot
- from Old English fōt * see ped- 源自 古英语 fōt * 参见 ped-
- Used in combination with numbers to form expressionsdenoting units of measure,foot and feet are used typically in the following: 用于与数字结合起来形成短语，表示测量的单位，foot 和 feet 典型地用在下面句中： a four-foot plank; a plank four feet (less frequently, four foot ) long; a plank four feet six inches long (or four foot six inches long ). a four-foot plank； a plank four feet（很少用 four foot ） long; a plank four feet six inches long （或 four foot six inches long ）。
- Whenfoot is combined with greater numbers than one to refer to simple distance, however, only the pluralfeet is used: 当foot 和大于一的数字连用指整数距离， 只用复数形式feet ： a ledge 20 feet (not foot ) away. 二十英尺远的礁石（不是 foot ） 。 At that speed, a car moves 88 feet (not foot ) in a second. 按此速度，汽车每秒钟行驶88英尺 （不是 foot ) 。
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