underfoot
- 英式英标[,ʌndɚ\'fʊt]
- 美式音标[ʌndə\'fʊt]
英文词源
- underfoot (adv.)
- c. 1200, underfot "under the feet," from under + foot (n.). Compare similarly formed Middle Dutch ondervoete. As an adjective, attested from 1590s; in reference to persons, "continually in the way," it is recorded from 1891. Middle English under fot meant "vanquished, overcome."
实用例句
- 1. The crowd stampeded and many were crushed or trampled underfoot.
- 人群争先恐后地奔逃，很多人被压伤或踩踏。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot.
- 脚下厚厚的松针踩上去软绵绵的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Morgan dropped his cigarette and crushed it underfoot.
- 摩根把香烟丢到地上，用脚踩灭。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. It was still wet underfoot.
- 地上仍是湿的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The snow scrunched underfoot.
- 雪在脚下发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。
来自《权威词典》