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underfoot

英 [ʌndə'fʊt] 美 [,ʌndɚ'fʊt]

解释

adv. 在脚下；践踏地；在脚下面

※ 提供单词"underfoot"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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."

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例句和用法

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。

2. The carpet of pine needles was soft underfoot.: 脚下厚厚的松针踩上去软绵绵的。

3. Morgan dropped his cigarette and crushed it underfoot.: 摩根把香烟丢到地上，用脚踩灭。

4. It was still wet underfoot.: 地上仍是湿的。

5. The snow scrunched underfoot.: 雪在脚下发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。