foot·print
noun/ˈfʊtprɪnt/
/ˈfʊtprɪnt/
- [usually plural] a mark left on a surface by a person’s foot or shoe or by an animal’s foot
脚印；足迹 - footprints in the sand
沙地足迹 - muddy footprints on the kitchen floor
厨房地板上的泥脚印 - He could identify any animal from its footprints.
无论什么动物他都可以凭脚印辨认出来。
Extra Examples- The detective found fresh footprints in the mud next to the victim.
侦探在受害者旁边的泥地上发现了新脚印。 - The intruder had left some clear footprints in the flower beds.
闯入者在花坛里留下了一些清晰的脚印。 - The wet footprints led back to the pool.
湿漉漉的脚印指回到水池边。 - They had fled through the snow, and police had followed their footprints.
他们穿过雪地逃跑了，警察顺着脚印追踪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- muddy
- wet
- …
- set
- leave
- make
- find
- …
- lead
- footprints in the sand
- (also ecological footprint)a measure of the amount of the earth’s resources used by a person or a population that lives in a particular way
生态足迹（测定个人或群体生活所消耗地球资源的指标） - These countries are so populous that they can have a very big footprint.
这些国家人口过多, 可能对环境造成巨大影响。
- These countries are so populous that they can have a very big footprint.
- the amount of space that something fills
（某物所占的）空间，面积 - The warehouse system holds an extensive amount of product in a very small footprint because it was built five levels high.
由于仓库系统建有五层高，因此其占地面积非常小，可容纳大量产品。
- The warehouse system holds an extensive amount of product in a very small footprint because it was built five levels high.
- the area on the earth in which a signal from a communications satellite can be received
（通信卫星）覆盖区