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flatfooted

/flat-foot-id/US // ˈflætˈfʊt ɪd //UK // (ˌflætˈfʊtɪd) //

平脚,平足,扁平足,扁平脚

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having flatfeet.
    • : taking or showing an uncompromising stand in a matter; firm and explicit: a flatfooted denial.
    • : clumsy or plodding; maladroit: flatfooted writing.

Examples

  • "Winn, I won't do it," said Brayton, with flatfooted decision.

  • At each encore the Utes stamped their flatfooted way round the room in a kind of impromptu and mirthful dance.

  • He'd cite examples of how the whites would stand flatfooted and fight for the blacks the same as for members of their own family.

  • So my dignity was shocked when I had to come down from my self-promoted position to a flatfooted infantryman again.

  • She looked up, puzzled, first at the comely, flatfooted Indian woman and afterward at the handsome little brown-faced papoose.