underfoot

英 [ʌndə'fʊt] 美 [,ʌndɚ'fʊt]
  • adv. 在脚下;践踏地;在脚下面

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."

双语例句


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。

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

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

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

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

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