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foot BODY PARTfJtn [C]pl feet fi:tthe part of the body at the bottom of the leg on which a person or animal stands(人或动物的)脚，足I've got a blister on my left foot.我的左脚上起水泡了。What size are your feet?你的脚有多大?I've been on my feet (=standing) all day and I'm exhausted.我站了一整天，都已经累坏了。Are you going by bicycle or on foot (=walking)?你是要骑自行车去还是走路去?"We'll soon have you (back) on your feet (=healthy) again, " said the nurse.“我们很快就会让你康复下床的，”护士说道。He got to / rose to / jumped to his feet (=stood up) when she walked in.她走进来时，他站/立/跳起身来。(infml) "You look tired. Why not put your feet up (=sit or lie down with your feet resting on something)?"“你已经累了，干吗不(搁起腿来)休息一下?”Making contacts can help you get a foot in the door (=be more likely to succeed) when it comes to getting a job.需要找工作时，进行些接触能够帮助你取得成功。To have a foot in both camps is to be connected to two groups with opposing interests.脚踏两只船If you say that the boot / shoe is on the other foot you mean that a situation has changed and someone who was previously weak now has power.局势逆转，情况正好变得相反If you have your feet on the ground / have both feet on the ground, you are very practical and see things as they really are.注重实际，脚踏实地To have one foot in the grave is to be very old and near death.一只脚踏进了坟墓，不久于人世If you fall / land on your feet, you are successful or lucky, esp. after a period of not having success or luck.安然脱离困境，运气好She's really fallen on her feet with that new job she's got.她得到了那份新工作，运气真是好。If someone, esp. an important person, or, less commonly, an organization, is described as having feet of clay, it means that they have a hidden fault or weakness and are not perfect as was thought in the past.泥足，没意想到的不足，弱点It was only after his death, when all his debts were discovered, that the financier was found to have feet of clay.直到他死后，他所有的债务被披露，人们才发现那位金融家是个泥足巨人。(dated) If you say my foot, you mean that you do not believe what another person has just told you.算了吧，去你的吧(表示不相信对方的话)"He says his car isn't working. " "Not working, my foot. He's just too lazy to come. "“他说他的车子坏了。”“车子坏了，去他的吧，他只是太懒不想来而已。”To start off or get off on the right / wrong foot when doing something new is to make a successful / unsuccessful start.旗开得胜、开头成功/开始不佳When I first met him I got off on the wrong foot by spilling my drink over him.我初次见他就把饮料泼在他身上，真是霉头倒尽。Someone who never puts / sets a foot wrong does not make any mistakes.不犯错误To put your foot down is to use your authority to stop something happening.坚决制止，果断行动When she started borrowing my clothes without asking, I had to put my foot down.她开始问也不问就借走我的衣服，我只好坚决制止。If you (esp. Br) put your foot down / (Am) put your foot to the floor, you increase your speed when you are driving.踩油门，加速The road ahead was clear, so he put his foot down and tried to overtake the car in front.前边的路上没有其他车子，因此他踩了油门，想要超过眼前那辆车。To put your foot in it / (esp. Am) put your foot in your mouth is to say or do something that you should not have.讲话不得体，讲错话;做错事I really put my foot in it by asking her when the baby was due and she wasn't even pregnant.我闹了个大错，问她孩子什么时候出生，可她根本就不曾怀孕。If you can hardly / barely put one foot in front of the other, you are having difficulty walking.走不动了I was so tired that I could hardly put one foot in front of the other.我太累了，都快走不动了。If you rush / run someone off their feet, you cause them to be very busy.使某人奔忙I've been rushed off my feet all morning.我整个早上被搞得疲于奔命。To set foot is to go.走，离开He refuses to set foot in an art gallery.他在画廊里都舍不得走了。If someone is under your feet, their presence prevents you from doing what you want to be doing.阻碍着某人The children were under my feet all day so I couldn't get anything done.孩子们将我扯住了，我什么事情也做不成。Foot-and-mouth disease is a serious illness of cattle, sheep, PIGS and goats that causes sores in the mouth and on the feet and is very infectious.口蹄疫(见于牛、羊、猪等牲畜，极易传染)A foot brake is a BRAKE (=a control device for slowing a vehicle) which you press with your foot.(车辆的)脚刹车(infml) Foot-dragging is failing to take action and delaying matters as much as possible.拖拉，懒散，迟疑The government was accused of foot-dragging on the issue.政府被指控在那件事情上拖拉。[DRAG 中的 drag your feet]In tennis, a foot fault is when a player steps over the back line of the COURT while SERVING.脚步犯规(指运动员发球时脚踩过线)A foot soldier is an infantryman.步兵[INFANTRY]
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