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footpad

/foot-pad/US // ˈfʊtˌpæd //UK // (ˈfʊtˌpæd) //

脚板,脚垫,脚底板,脚踏车

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a highwayman or robber who goes on foot.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    foot·pad·ded, foot·pad·ding.

    • : to proceed stealthily on foot.

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Examples

  • What if a footpad started sinking into the moondust, or the Eagle sprung a leak?

  • I had not seen a European for more than two years, and I looked myself like a Tibetan footpad.

  • Others, assuming higher ground, resented silent boot as taking unfair advantage of the burglar or footpad.

  • "Your age hath taught you but little wisdom, if it hath taught you that I am a footpad," I said.

  • We won't shoot the bison, no matter what happens; he's like a gentleman assailed by a footpad.

  • A footpad had attacked him the night before, taken him by the throat and robbed him, leaving him half-dead in the road.