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foot-lambert

/foot-lam-bert/US // ˈfʊtˌlæm bərt //

脚兰伯特,脚下的兰伯特,脚踏实地

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Optics.

    • : a unit of luminance or photometric brightness, equal to the luminance of a surface emitting a luminous flux of one lumen per square foot, the luminance of a perfectly reflecting surface receiving an illumination of one foot-candle. Abbreviation: fL

Examples

  • Together, they crossed over the International Bridges on foot into Juarez to conduct some business.

  • In the classic skillset of piloting, mental acuity, and its coordination with hand and foot movements, is equally vital.

  • Wearing the right foot of a chicken was considered good luck.

  • It made sense with so many suspects at hand, less so with the tower entrance separated from them by a forty foot wall.

  • Marabella, now licking her lollipop and tapping her foot, appears unfazed.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!

  • We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.

  • We see the whole land, even if but at a distance, instead of being limited merely to the spot where our foot treads.

  • But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.