foot

noun

/fʊt/

(plural feet

/fiːt/

)

Idioms

part of body

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[countable] the lowest part of the leg, below the ankle, on which a person or an animal stands（人或动物的）脚，足

My feet are aching.我的脚疼。
She kicked the ball with her right foot.她用右脚把球踢出去。
He's broken several bones in his left foot.他左脚断了几根骨头。
The whole audience rose to its feet (= stood up) and cheered.全场观众起立欢呼。
to leap/jump/spring to your feet (= to stand up quickly and easily)一下子站起来
to scramble/struggle/stagger to your feet (= to stand up slowly and with difficulty)爬行/挣扎/摇摇晃晃地站起来（=缓慢而困难地站起来）
on foot We came on foot (= we walked).我们是走路来的。
on your feet I've been on my feet (= standing or walking around) all day.我一整天没歇脚。
Come on lads—on your feet and do some work!来吧，小伙子们——站起来，做一些工作！
walking around the house in bare feet (= not wearing shoes or socks)赤脚在房子里走来走去
We were stamping our feet (= hitting them on the ground) to keep warm.我们跺脚取暖。
Please wipe your feet (= your shoes) on the mat.请在垫子上蹭一蹭脚。
The hot sand burned the soles of my feet.滚烫的沙子灼伤了我的脚底。
He is currently resting a foot injury.他脚部受伤，目前正在休养。
a foot pump (= operated using your foot, not your hand)脚踏泵
a foot passenger (= one who travels on a ferry without a car)步行旅客（无车上渡船者）

Homophones feat | feetfeat feet

/fiːt/

feat noun
- The birds' flight south is an amazing feat of endurance.鸟类向南飞行是一项惊人的耐力壮举。
feet noun (plural of foot)
- The audience rose to their feet in appreciation.观众起立表示赞赏。

Synonyms standstandget up ▪ stand up ▪ rise ▪ get to your feet ▪ be on your feetThese words all mean to be in a vertical position with your weight on your feet, or to put yourself in this position.stand to be in an vertical position with your weight on your feet:

She was too weak to stand.她虚弱得站都站不住。
Stand still when I’m talking to you!我跟你说话，站着别动！

Stand is usually used with an adverb or prepositional phrase to show where or how somebody stands, but sometimes another phrase or clause is used to show what somebody does while they are standing: We stood talking for a few minutes. • He stood and looked out to sea. get up to get into a standing position from a sitting, kneeling or lying position:

Please don’t get up!请不要站起来！

stand up to be in a standing position; to stand after sitting:

Stand up straight!立正！
Everyone would stand up when the teacher entered the classroom.老师走进教室时大家都会起立。

stand, get up or stand up?Stand usually means ‘to be in a standing position’ but can also mean ‘to get into a standing position’. Stand up can be used with either of these meanings, but its use is more limited: it is used especially when somebody tells somebody or a group of people to stand. Get up is the most frequent way of saying ‘get into a standing position’, and this can be from a sitting, kneeling or lying position; if you stand up, this is nearly always after sitting, especially on a chair. If you want to tell somebody politely that they do not need to move from their chair, use get up: Please don’t stand up! rise (formal) to get into a standing position from a sitting, kneeling or lying position:

Would you all rise, please, to welcome our visiting speaker.请大家起立，欢迎我们的演讲嘉宾。

get to your feet to stand up after sitting, kneeling or lying:

I helped her to get to her feet.我扶着她让她站起来。

be on your feet to be standing up:

I’ve been on my feet all day.我一整天没歇脚。

Collocations Physical appearancePhysical appearance

A person may be described as having:

Eyes

(bright) blue/green/(dark/light) brown/hazel eyes
deep-set/sunken/bulging/protruding eyes
small/beady/sparkling/twinkling/(informal) shifty eyes
piercing/penetrating/steely eyes
bloodshot/watery/puffy eyes
bushy/thick/dark/raised/arched eyebrows
long/dark/thick/curly/false eyelashes/lashes

Face

a flat/bulbous/pointed/sharp/snub nose
a straight/a hooked/a Roman/(formal) an aquiline nose
full/thick/thin/pouty lips
dry/chapped/cracked lips
flushed/rosy/red/ruddy/pale cheeks
soft/chubby/sunken cheeks
white/perfect/crooked/protruding teeth
a large/high/broad/wide/sloping forehead
a strong/weak/pointed/double chin
a long/full/bushy/wispy/goatee beard
a long/thin/bushy/droopy/handlebar/pencil moustache

Hair and skin

pale/fair/olive/dark/tanned skin
dry/oily/smooth/rough/leathery/wrinkled skin
a dark/pale/light/sallow/ruddy/olive/swarthy/clear complexion
deep/fine/little/facial wrinkles
blonde/blond/fair/(light/dark) brown/(jet-)black/auburn/red/(British English) ginger/grey hair
straight/curly/wavy/frizzy/spiky hair
thick/thin/fine/bushy/thinning hair
dyed/bleached/soft/silky/dry/greasy/shiny hair
long/short/shoulder-length/cropped hair
a bald/balding/shaved head
a receding hairline
a bald patch/spot
a side/centre(British English) parting

Body

a long/short/thick/slender/(disapproving) scrawny neck
broad/narrow/sloping/rounded/hunched shoulders
a bare/broad/muscular/small/large chest
a flat/swollen/bulging stomach
a small/tiny/narrow/slim/slender/28-inch waist
big/wide/narrow/slim hips
a straight/bent/arched/broad/hairy back
thin/slender/muscular arms
big/large/small/manicured/calloused/gloved hands
long/short/fat/slender/delicate/bony fingers
long/muscular/hairy/shapely/(both informal, often disapproving) skinny/spindly legs
muscular/chubby/(informal, disapproving) flabby thighs
big/little/small/dainty/wide/narrow/bare feet
a good/a slim/a slender/an hourglass figure
be of slim/medium/average/large/athletic/stocky build

see also athlete’s foot, barefoot, club foot, splay-foot, trench foot, underfoot

Extra Examples

Daniel was shifting anxiously from foot to foot.丹尼尔焦急地从一只脚换到另一只脚。
He shifted his weight onto his back foot.他把重心转移到后脚上。
He swung a foot at the ball but missed completely.他一脚向球踢去，却踢了个空。
His foot caught in the cable and he fell under the train.他脚绊到电缆，摔倒在火车下面。
She put her foot down on the accelerator and the car lurched forward.她踩了一脚油门，车歪歪斜斜地往前开去。
She was tapping her foot impatiently.她不耐烦地轻轻跺着脚。
That man trod on my foot and he didn't even apologize.那个人踩了我的脚，连对不起都没说一声。
soldiers on foot patrol步行巡逻的士兵
I looked at my watch and got to my feet. 我看了看手表，站了起来。
The ancient city is buried beneath our feet.这座古城就埋在我们的脚下。
The sand felt warm under her feet.脚下的沙子感觉温暖。

Topics Bodya1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

left
right
back
…

verb + foot

get to
jump to
leap to
…

foot + verb

catch
slip
crunch
…

foot + noun

massage
injury
passenger
…

preposition

beneath your foot
under your foot
from foot to foot
…

phrases

the ball of the/your foot
from head to foot
put your feet up
…

-footed

(in adjectives and adverbs) having or using the type or number of foot/feet mentioned有…脚（或足的）；有…只脚（的）；用…脚（或足的）

bare-footed赤脚的
four-footed四足的
a left-footed shot into the corner踢入球门一角的左脚一记射门

part of sock

[countable, usually singular] the part of a sock, stocking, etc. that covers the foot（袜子的）足部

measurement

(plural feet, foot)

(abbreviation ft)

(in Britain and North America) a unit for measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres英尺（= 12 英寸或 30.48 厘米）

a six-foot high wall六英尺高的墙
We're flying at 35 000 feet.我们在 35 000 英尺高空飞行。
‘How tall are you?’ ‘Five foot nine’ (= five feet and nine inches).“你多高？” “五英尺九英寸。”
foot of something The town was under several feet of water (= the water was several feet deep).这座城镇的积水有几英尺深。
We had over a foot of snow in a few hours (= the snow was over a foot deep).几个小时内我们的积雪就超过了一英尺（=雪深超过一英尺）。
The store has 600 square feet of retail space.这家店有 600 平方英尺的零售面积。

Topics Maths and measurementa2

base/bottom/end

[singular] the foot of something the lowest part of something; the base or bottom of something最下部；基础；底部

The city now reaches to the foot of the surrounding mountains.现在，该城市已经延伸到周边山脉的山脚下。
At the foot of the stairs she turned to face him.她在楼梯底转过身来面对着他。
See the foot of this page for a partial bibliography.部分参考书目请参见本页底部。
(British English) The team remains stuck at the foot of the table (= with fewer points than all the other teams).该队的积分仍然垫底。

Extra Examples

Our offices are at the foot of the hill. 我们的办公室在山脚下。
The railway line runs between the foot of the cliff and the beach. 铁路线在悬崖脚下和海滩之间运行。

Synonyms bottombottombase ▪ foundation ▪ footThese are all words for the lowest part of something.bottom [usually sing.] the lowest part of something:

Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page.脚注附于每页的下端。
I waited for them at the bottom of the hill.我在山脚下等他们。

base [usually sing.] the lowest part of something, especially the part or surface on which it rests or stands:

The lamp has a heavy base.这盏灯的底座很沉。

foundation [usually pl.] a layer of stone, concrete, etc. that forms the solid underground base of a building:

to lay the foundations of the new school给新校舍打地基

foot [sing.] the lowest part of something:

At the foot of the stairs she turned to face him.她在楼梯底转过身来面对着他。

bottom or foot?Foot is used to talk about a limited number of things: it is used most often with tree, hill/mountain, steps/stairs and page. Bottom can be used to talk about a much wider range of things, including those mentioned above for foot. Foot is generally used in more literary contexts.Patterns

at/near/towards the bottom/base/foot of something
on the bottom/base of something
(a) firm/solid/strong base/foundation(s)

the further or lower end of something尾部；底部

The nurse hung a chart at the foot of the bed (= the part of the bed where your feet normally are when you are lying in it).护士在床尾挂了一张表。
He sat at the foot of the table.他坐在桌子末端。

in poetry

[singular] (specialist) a unit of rhythm in a line of poetry containing one stressed syllable and one or more syllables without stress. Each of the four divisions in the following line is a foot一行诗中的节奏单位，包含一个重读音节和一个或多个无重读音节。以下行中的四个部分中的每一个都是英尺

For men / may come / and men / may go.（此诗行四个部分有四个音步）

Topics Literature and writingc2

Word OriginOld English fōt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voet and German Fuss, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit pad, pāda, Greek pous, pod-, and Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’.

Idioms

be rushed/run off your feet

to be extremely busy; to have too many things to do忙得不可开交；要做太多的事
- Weekdays are slow in the restaurant, but at weekends the staff are rushed off their feet.工作日餐厅里的生意很慢，但周末员工们却忙得不可开交。

bind/tie somebody hand and foot

to tie somebody’s hands and feet together so that they cannot move or escape捆绑住某人的手脚
to prevent somebody from doing what they want by creating rules, limits, etc.捆住某人手脚（比喻用条条框框限制）

the boot is on the other foot (British English)

(North American English the shoe is on the other foot)

used to say that a situation has changed so that somebody now has power or authority over the person who used to have power or authority over them位子掉过来了；宾主易位

cut the ground from under somebody’s feet

to suddenly cause somebody’s idea or plan to fail by doing something to stop them from continuing with it挖某人的墙脚；破坏某人的计划；拆某人的台

drag your feet/heels

to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision故意拖拉；故意延迟（作出决定） related noun foot-draggingTopics Preferences and decisionsc2

fall/land on your feet

to be lucky in finding yourself in a good situation, or in getting out of a difficult situation特别走运；安然脱离困境；幸免于难
- You landed on your feet, getting such a well-paid job with so little experience.你站稳了脚跟，在经验很少的情况下得到了一份高薪工作。
- Jim’s always getting himself in trouble, but he usually seems to fall on his feet.吉姆总是给自己惹麻烦，但他似乎总是能站稳脚跟。

feet first

with your feet touching the ground before any other part of your body脚先着地
- He landed feet first.他落地时双脚先着地。
(humorous) if you leave a place feet first, you are carried out after you are dead伸腿离开某地（指死去）
- You'll have to carry me out feet first!想把我撵走，除非让我横着出去！

find your feet

to become able to act independently and with confidence已能独立而有信心地工作；已适应新环境
- I only recently joined the firm so I'm still finding my feet.我最近才加入这家公司，所以还在适应过程中。

…my foot!

(old-fashioned, informal, humorous) a strong way of saying that you disagree completely with what has just been said（完全不同意对方所说）胡说八道
- ‘Ian can't come because he's tired.’ ‘Tired my foot! Lazy more like!’“伊恩不能来，因为他累了。”“累个屁！说懒还差不多！”
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

from head to foot/toe

covering your whole body从头到脚；遍布全身
- We were covered from head to foot in mud.我们浑身是泥。
- She was dressed from head to toe in red.她从头到脚都是红色的。

get/have cold feet

(informal) to suddenly become nervous about doing something that you had planned to do临阵胆怯；畏缩
- He was going to ask her but he got cold feet and said nothing.他本来是想问她的，可事到临头他却胆怯得什么也没有说。
Topics Feelingsc2

get your feet wet

(especially North American English, informal) to start doing something that is new for you初次涉足；开始做（新鲜的事情）
- At that time he was a young actor, just getting his feet wet.那时他还是个年轻演员，才初出茅庐。

get/have a/your foot in the door

to manage to enter an organization, a field of business, etc. that could bring you success设法加入，涉足（某组织、行业等）
- I always wanted to work in TV but it took me two years to get a foot in the door.我一直想做电视工作，但花了两年才进了这个圈子。
Topics Successc2

get/have itchy feet

(informal) to want to travel or move to a different place; to want to do something different渴望旅行（或换个地方、做别的事）
- After a few years in one place, I get itchy feet.在一个地方待了几年后，我的脚开始发痒。

get/start off on the right/wrong foot (with somebody)

(informal) to start a relationship well/badly开始时关系良好／不好
- I seem to have got off on the wrong foot with the new boss.看来我和新老板的关系一开头就不好。

have feet of clay

to have a fault or weakness in your character品格上有缺陷（或弱点）
- When the actor was imprisoned for drug offences, his fans were upset to find that their hero had feet of clay.当这位演员因毒品犯罪而入狱时，他的粉丝们很沮丧地发现他们的英雄步履维艰。

have/keep your feet on the ground

to have a sensible and realistic attitude to life实事求是；脚踏实地
- In spite of his overnight stardom he still manages to keep his feet on the ground.尽管一夜成名，他仍然脚踏实地。

have/keep a foot in both camps

to be involved in or connected with two different groups, especially ones that oppose each other脚踩两只船

have one foot in the grave

(informal) to be so old or ill that you are not likely to live much longer行将就木；命不久矣；大去之期不远Topics Health problemsc2

have two left feet

(informal) to be very awkward in your movements, especially when you are dancing or playing a sport（尤指跳舞或体育运动时）非常笨拙，笨手笨脚

have the world at your feet

to be very successful and admired功成名就；为世人仰慕Topics Successc2

in your stocking(ed) feet

wearing socks or stockings but not shoes只穿袜不穿鞋

not let the grass grow under your feet

to not delay in getting things done（做事）不拖拉，不磨洋工

(put/catch somebody) on the back foot

(to put somebody) at a disadvantage or in difficulty（使某人）陷入不利局面，处于困境
- Advances in drone technology have caught lawmakers on the back foot.无人机技术的进步教立法者措手不及。
- The side that’s on the back foot, struggling to defend, will usually give away more penalties.处于劣势、防守困难的一方通常会判罚更多的点球。
- We'd like to put the fossil fuel industry on the back foot.我们想让化石燃料行业处于不利地位。
opposite on the front foot

on your feet

completely well or in a normal state again after an illness or a time of trouble（困境后）恢复，完全复原；（病后）痊愈
- Sue's back on her feet again after her operation.休手术后又恢复健康了。
- The new chairman hopes to get the company back on its feet within six months.新董事长希望在六个月以内使公司恢复元气。
Synonyms stand
standget up ▪ stand up ▪ rise ▪ get to your feet ▪ be on your feetThese words all mean to be in a vertical position with your weight on your feet, or to put yourself in this position.
stand to be in an vertical position with your weight on your feet:
She was too weak to stand.她虚弱得站都站不住。
Stand still when I’m talking to you!我跟你说话，站着别动！
Stand is usually used with an adverb or prepositional phrase to show where or how somebody stands, but sometimes another phrase or clause is used to show what somebody does while they are standing: We stood talking for a few minutes. • He stood and looked out to sea. get up to get into a standing position from a sitting, kneeling or lying position:
Please don’t get up!请不要站起来！
stand up to be in a standing position; to stand after sitting:
Stand up straight!立正！
Everyone would stand up when the teacher entered the classroom.老师走进教室时大家都会起立。
stand, get up or stand up?Stand usually means ‘to be in a standing position’ but can also mean ‘to get into a standing position’. Stand up can be used with either of these meanings, but its use is more limited: it is used especially when somebody tells somebody or a group of people to stand. Get up is the most frequent way of saying ‘get into a standing position’, and this can be from a sitting, kneeling or lying position; if you stand up, this is nearly always after sitting, especially on a chair. If you want to tell somebody politely that they do not need to move from their chair, use get up: Please don’t stand up!
rise (formal) to get into a standing position from a sitting, kneeling or lying position:
Would you all rise, please, to welcome our visiting speaker.请大家起立，欢迎我们的演讲嘉宾。
get to your feet to stand up after sitting, kneeling or lying:
I helped her to get to her feet.我扶着她让她站起来。
be on your feet to be standing up:
I’ve been on my feet all day.我一整天没歇脚。
Topics Health problemsc2

on the front foot (especially British English)

at an advantage预付；先付
- They allowed the home side to get on the front foot right at the start.他们让主队一开始就占据了先机。
opposite (putcatch somebody) on the back foot
taking positive steps to achieve something用…作正面；用…覆盖正面
- He has been firmly on the front foot, calling for politicians and police to intervene.他一直坚定地站在前线，呼吁政界人士和警察进行干预。

the patter of tiny feet

(informal or humorous) a way of referring to children when somebody wants, or is going to have, a baby（用于想要或即将有孩子时）小宝宝的脚步声
- We can't wait to hear the patter of tiny feet.我们恨不得早点儿有个小宝宝。

pull the rug (out) from under somebody’s feet

(informal) to take help or support away from somebody suddenly突然停止帮助（或支援）

put your best foot forward

to make a great effort to do something, especially if it is difficult or you are feeling tired竭尽全力；全力以赴

put your feet up

to sit down and relax, especially with your feet raised and supported（尤指架起双腿）坐下休息
- After a hard day's work, it's nice to get home and put your feet up.辛劳一天后回家架起双腿休息是很惬意的。

put your foot down

to be very strict in opposing what somebody wishes to do坚决制止；执意反对
- You've got to put your foot down and make him stop seeing her.你得坚决制止他再见她。
(British English) to drive faster踩油门；加速行驶
- She put her foot down and roared past them.她猛踩油门，从他们旁边呼啸而过。

put your foot in it (British English)

(also put your foot in your mouth North American English, British English)

to say or do something that upsets, offends or embarrasses somebody（在语言或行为上）使人不安，冒犯别人，使人尴尬
- I really put my foot in it with Ella—I didn't know she'd split up with Tom.我真的冒犯了埃拉，我不知道她和汤姆分手了。

put a foot wrong

(usually used in negative sentences) to make a mistake犯错误；做错事；搞错；弄错
- In the last two games he has hardly put a foot wrong.他在上两局比赛中几乎一点错都没有出。

set foot in/on something

to enter or visit a place进入，访问，参观（某地）
- the first man to set foot on the moon第一个登上月球的人
- I vowed never to set foot in the place again.我发誓再不去那个地方了。

set somebody/something on their/its feet

to make somebody/something independent or successful使独立；使成功
- His business sense helped set the club on its feet again.他的经营意识使俱乐部又重振雄风。
Topics Successc2

shoot yourself in the foot

(informal) to do or say something that will cause you a lot of trouble or harm, especially when you are trying to get an advantage for yourself搬起石头砸自己的脚

sit at somebody’s feet

to admire somebody very much, especially a teacher or somebody from whom you try to learn崇拜；拜倒在某人脚下

stand on your own (two) feet

to be independent and able to take care of yourself自立；独立
- When his parents died he had to learn to stand on his own two feet.他的父母去世后他不得不学会自立。

sweep somebody off their feet

to make somebody fall suddenly and deeply in love with you使某人立刻迷上自己；使某人对自己一见倾心
- She’s waiting for some hero to come and sweep her off her feet.她正在等待某个英雄的到来，让她神魂颠倒。
Topics Feelingsc2

take the weight off your feet

(informal) to sit down and rest, especially when you are tired（尤指疲乏时）坐下歇歇脚，坐下喘口气
- Come and sit down and take the weight off your feet for a while.来坐下歇一会儿吧。

think on your feet

to be able to think and react to things very quickly and effectively without any preparation思维敏捷；反应迅速

under your feet

in the way; stopping you from working, etc.阻碍，妨碍（工作等）；碍手碍脚
- I don't want you kids under my feet while I'm cooking.我做饭时不希望你们这些孩子在我这儿碍手碍脚的。

vote with your feet

to show what you think about something by going or not going somewhere用脚投票（用去或不去某处表示想法）
- Shoppers voted with their feet and avoided the store.购物者对那家商店避而远之。

wait on somebody hand and foot

(disapproving) to take care of somebody’s needs so well that they do not have to do anything for themselves过分照顾；让…饭来张口，衣来伸手
- He seems to expect me to wait on him hand and foot.他似乎希望我全心全意地伺候他。

walk somebody off their feet

(informal) to make somebody walk so far or so fast that they are very tired使走得筋疲力尽
- I hope I haven’t walked you off your feet.我希望我没有让你失望。