英汉词典

foot 基本解释

• n. 脚；英尺；步调；末尾
• vi. 步行；跳舞；总计
• vt. 支付；给……换底
• n. (Foot)人名；(英)富特

foot 词态变化

foot 中文词源

来自PIE*ped, 脚，词源同biped, pedestal.用做测量单位英尺，因约略等于成人脚长而得名。

foot 英文词源

foot

foot: [OE] Foot traces its ancestry back to Indo- European *pōd-, *ped-, which provided the word for ‘foot’ in most modern Indo-European languages (the exceptions are the Slavic languages, whose ‘foot’ – words, such as Russian noga and Czech noha, come from a source that meant ‘claw’, and the Celtic languages – such as Welsh troed and Irish troigh).

Descendants include Greek poús ‘foot’ (whence English antipodes, pew, podium [18], and tripod, literally ‘three-footed’, a formation mirrored exactly by Latin trivet [15] and Hindi teapoy [19]), Persian pāē or pay (whence English pyjama), Sanskrit pádas ‘foot’ (source of pie ‘unit of Indian currency’), and Lithuanian pedà ‘footstep’, but the most fruitful of all from the point of view of the English lexicon has been Latin pēs, source of impede, pawn ‘chess piece’, pedal, pedestal, pedestrian, pedicure, pedigree, pedometer, peon, pioneer, quadruped, vamp, and velocipede (it also, of course, gave French pied, Italian piede, and Spanish pie).

Its Germanic descendant was *fōr-, which produced German fuss, Dutch voet, Swedish fot, Danish fod, and English foot. Other related forms in English include pilot and trapeze.
=> antipodes, impede, pawn, pedal, pedestal, pedestrian, pedigree, pilot, pioneer, podium, pyjamas, quadruped, trapeze, tripod, vamp

foot (n.)

"terminal part of the leg of a vertebrate animal," Old English fot "foot," from Proto-Germanic *fot (cognates: Old Frisian fot, Old Saxon fot, Old Norse fotr, Danish fod, Swedish fot, Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German Fuß, Gothic fotus "foot"), from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (cognates: Avestan pad-; Sanskrit pad-, accusative padam "foot;" Greek pos, Attic pous, genitive podos; Latin pes, genitive pedis "foot;" Lithuanian padas "sole," peda "footstep"). Plural form feet is an instance of i-mutation.

The linear measure was in Old English (the exact length has varied over time), this being considered the length of a man's foot; a unit of measure used widely and anciently. In this sense the plural is often foot. The current inch and foot are implied from measurements in 12c. English churches (Flinders Petrie, "Inductive Metrology"), but the most usual length of a "foot" in medieval England was the foot of 13.2 inches common throughout the ancient Mediterranean. The Anglo-Saxon foot apparently was between the two. All three correspond to units used by the Romans, and possibly all three lengths were picked up by the Anglo-Saxons from the Romano-Britons. "That the Saxon units should descend to mediæval times is most probable, as the Normans were a ruling, and not a working, class." [Flinders Petrie, 1877]. The medieval Paul's Foot (late 14c.) was a measuring standard cut into the base of a column at the old St. Paul's cathedral in London. The metrical foot (late Old English, translating Latin pes, Greek pous in the same sense) is commonly taken to represent one rise and one fall of a foot: keeping time according to some, dancing according to others.

In Middle English also "a person" (c. 1200), hence non-foot "nobody." Meaning "bottom or lowest part of anything eminent or upright" is from c. 1200. Of a bed, grave, etc., from c. 1300. On foot "by walking" is from c. 1300. To get off on the wrong foot is from 1905 (the right foot is by 1907); to put one's best foot foremost first recorded 1849 (Shakespeare has the better foot before, 1596); Middle English had evil-foot (adv.) "through mischance, unluckily." To put one's foot in (one's) mouth "say something stupid" is attested by 1942; the expression put (one's) foot in something "make a mess of it" is from 1823. To have one foot in the grave "be near death" is from 1844. Colloquial exclamation my foot! expressing "contemptuous contradiction" [OED] is attested by 1923, probably euphemistic for my ass in the same sense, which dates to 1796 (also see eyewash).

foot (v.)

c. 1400, "to dance," also "to move or travel on foot," from foot (n.). From mid-15c. as "make a footing or foundation." To foot a bill "pay the entirety of" is attested from 1848, from the process of tallying the expenses and writing the figure at the bottom ("foot") of the sheet; foot (v.) as "add up and set the sum at the foot of" is from late 15c. (compare footnote (n.)). The Old English verb gefotian meant "to hasten up." Related: Footed; footing.

foot 词组搭配

foot 英文释义

1. a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard;

"he is six feet tall"

2. the foot of a human being;

"his bare feet projected from his trousers"

"armored from head to foot"

3. the lower part of anything;

"curled up on the foot of the bed"

"the foot of the page"

"the foot of the list"

"the foot of the mountain"

4. travel by foot;

"he followed on foot"

"the swiftest of foot"

5. a foot of a vertebrate other than a human being

6. a support resembling a pedal extremity;

"one foot of the chair was on the carpet"

7. lowest support of a structure;

"it was built on a base of solid rock"

"he stood at the foot of the tower"

8. any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates

9. an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot;

"there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot"

10. a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger

11. a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm

foot 双语例句

1. I tried to reach the foot brakes but I couldn't.

我试图去够脚刹，但是没能踩到。

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2. He lost a foot when he was struck by a train.

他给火车撞伤，失去了一只脚。

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3. My hobbies are letter writing, foot-ball, music, photography, and tennis.

我的业余爱好是写信、踢足球、听音乐、玩摄影和打网球。

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4. Stand straight and stretch the left hand to the right foot.

站直身体,伸左手够右脚.

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5. She had decked him out from head to foot in expensive clothes.

她用昂贵的服装把他从头到脚打扮一新。

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foot 实用场景例句

A little later I left that place and never set foot in Texas again.

之后没多久我离开了那个地方，从此再也没有回过得克萨斯。

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I asked the driver to put his foot down for Nagchukha.

我要求司机加大油门去那曲。

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Our chairman has really put his foot in it, poor man, though he doesn't know it.

我们的主席真的让人很尴尬，可怜的人，尽管他自己没意识到。

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After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect.

晚饭后他会支起双腿，歇一歇，看看书。那真是件很惬意的事情。

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When he's around, we never put a foot wrong...

他在的时候，我们从来不会出错。

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He hardly put a foot wrong in defence and was fine in attack.

他防守的时候几乎滴水不漏，进攻也很出色。

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...the day the first man set foot on the moon...

人类首次登上月球的那一天

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He had planned to go skiing on his own in March but his wife had decided to put her foot down.

他原本打算在 3 月独自去滑雪，但是他的太太决定让他打消这个念头。

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Everyone was on their feet applauding wildly.

每个人都站起身来热烈鼓掌。

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You need someone to take the pressure off and help you get back on your feet...

你需要有人为你分担压力，帮你恢复元气。

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He said they all needed to work together to put the country on its feet again.

他说他们都需要通力协作以使国家恢复元气。

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He has good looks and charm, and always falls on his feet...

他长得很帅，也有魅力，总是走好运。

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While I struggle through life, she lands on her feet.

在我挣扎过活的时候，她却运气亨通。

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You're not in a position to remove me. The boot is now on the other foot.

你没有权力开除我。相反，我现在可以开除你。

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Put your best foot forward and work on the assumption that there is an acceptable solution to every problem you are likely to face.

要尽力而为，要相信你可能遇到的每一个问题都会有一个适当的解决方案。

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We rowed ashore, then explored the island on foot for the rest of the day.

我们划船到了岸边，之后余下的时间步行在岛上探险。

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...a foot injury.

足伤

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David called to the children from the foot of the stairs...

戴维在楼梯下面喊孩子们。

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...the foot of Highgate Hill...

海格特山脚下

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Friends stood at the foot of the bed, looking at her with serious faces.

朋友们站在床脚处，神情严肃地看着她。

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This beautiful and curiously shaped lake lies at around fifteen thousand feet...

这个形状奇特的美丽湖泊周长约有15,000英尺。

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...a shopping and leisure complex of one million square feet...

占地100万平方英尺的购物休闲中心

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I tried to reach the foot brakes but I couldn't.

我试图去够脚刹，但是没能踩到。

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Paratroopers and foot-soldiers entered the building on the government's behalf.

伞兵和步兵代表政府进入大楼。

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The Government is getting cold feet about the reforms.

政府对改革缩手缩脚。

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I don't know anyone in England but I am sure I will manage when I find my feet...

我在英格兰不认识什么人，但是我相信自己一旦站稳脚跟就可以独当一面。

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Once he had found his feet he was able to deal with any problem.

他一旦变得自信了就能够处理任何问题。

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In that respect he needs to keep his feet on the ground and not get carried away...

在那一方面他需要脚踏实地，不能飘飘然。

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Kevin was always level-headed with both feet on the ground.

凯文总是头脑冷静，脚踏实地。

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She stamped her foot again.

她又跺了跺脚。

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