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footstep

/foot-step/US // ˈfʊtˌstɛp //UK // (ˈfʊtˌstɛp) //

脚步声,脚步,步伐,步履

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the setting down of a foot, or the sound so produced; footfall; tread.
    • : the distance covered by a step in walking; pace.
    • : a footprint.
    • : a step by which to ascend or descend.

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Examples

  • Emily followed in her footsteps and had a remarkable career as a surgeon, institutional leader and head of a medical school for women.

  • Presumably, she has followed in the footsteps of her godmother, Captain Marvel, and become some sort of do-gooder.

  • I guess I had map-making in my blood, though I hadn’t planned to follow in my father’s footsteps.

  • Her career as a doctor may be one of the few things that will make her think twice about a full-time political career in her mother’s footsteps.

  • Rogers initially signed with George Washington in 2015, intent on following in his father’s footsteps.

  • For three years I had been listening to the voice of Hope, and for three years I had waited for a footstep on my threshold.

  • You can hear every footstep, which detracts from the experience exponentially.

  • Soon, however, another footstep became audible on the stairs below, and this time Sarah heard it distinctly.

  • She tried to see her way through; she was thinking it out when the sound of a footstep behind caused her to look round.

  • One step away he made, then his foot halted, as the whispering sound of a quick footstep came from behind through the bush.

  • Away they went, with Gyp at their heels, and every footstep resounded through the old house until they reached the upper floor.

  • There was a slow, heavy footstep upon the stairs, and in a moment Seth had hidden the letter.