footstep

英 [ˈfʊtstep]

美 [ˈfʊtstep]

n. 脚步声; 足迹

复数：footsteps　

Collins.1 / BNC.5733 / COCA.6017

习惯用语

follow in sb's footsteps

仿效某人
to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as sb else, especially sb in your family
She works in television, following in her father's footsteps.
她步她父亲的后尘，在电视台工作。

noun

N-COUNT 脚步声;足迹
Afootstepis the sound or mark that is made by someone walking each time their foot touches the ground.
1. I heard footsteps outside.
  我听见了外面的脚步声。
PHRASE 效仿;步…后尘
If youfollow insomeone'sfootsteps, you do the same things as they did earlier.
1. My father is extremely proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor.
  我的父亲非常自豪，因为我继承他的事业，成为了一名医生。

noun

the act of taking a step in walking
the sound of a step of someone walking
1. he heard footsteps on the porch
Synonym:footfallstep
the distance covered by a step
1. he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Synonym:pacestepstride

Now it is February in North China where the spring footstep comes near.
此时，北国的二月，春天的脚步已近。
A more elastic footstep entered next;
跟着有人踏着轻快的脚步进来了；
I heard footsteps outside.
我听见了外面的脚步声。
To have a splendid dream is not enough. It's your every single footstep as a brick that builds it up.
拥有一个华丽的梦想是不够的，只有你的每一个脚步来添砖加瓦，才能把它建起来！
If she heard a footstep in the corridor, she closed the cupboard again as hastily as it was possible with her aged hands.
如果她听见过道里有人走路，那双枯手便急忙锁上柜门。
But now, Pearl, I hear a footstep along the path, and the noise of one putting aside the branches.
不过，珠儿，这会儿我听到有脚步声沿着小路走来，还有拨开树枝的声音。
His footstep triggered off the hand grenade.
他的脚步触发了手榴弹。
And home guardian, developed at the University of Virginia and set to be released next year, works in a similar way, analysing footstep patterns to detect problems.
弗吉尼亚大学开发的homeguardian定于明年发布，其工作方式也类似，它会分析脚步模式来发现问题。
Come to cannot go back land footstep.
到了无法挽回的地步。
His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
他的力量必因饥饿衰败，祸患要在他旁边等候。