Foot

[fʊt]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) travel by walking; 'he followed on foot'; 'the swiftest of foot'.

(noun.) any of various organs of locomotion or attachment in invertebrates.

(noun.) a support resembling a pedal extremity; 'one foot of the chair was on the carpet'.

(noun.) the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint; 'his bare feet projected from his trousers'; 'armored from head to foot'.

(noun.) the lower part of anything; 'curled up on the foot of the bed'; 'the foot of the page'; 'the foot of the list'; 'the foot of the mountain'.

(noun.) a member of a surveillance team who works on foot or rides as a passenger.

(noun.) a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard; 'he is six feet tall'.

(verb.) add a column of numbers.

(verb.) walk; 'let's hoof it to the disco'.

(verb.) pay for something; 'pick up the tab'; 'pick up the burden of high-interest mortgages'; 'foot the bill'.

伯尼編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

(n.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.

(n.) That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

(n.) The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed.

(n.) Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.

(n.) Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular.

(n.) A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

(n.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry.

(n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

(n.) The lower edge of a sail.

(v. i.) To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip.

(v. i.) To walk; -- opposed to ride or fly.

(v. t.) To kick with the foot; to spurn.

(v. t.) To set on foot; to establish; to land.

(v. t.) To tread; as, to foot the green.

(v. t.) To sum up, as the numbers in a column; -- sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

(v. t.) The size or strike with the talon.

(v. t.) To renew the foot of, as of stocking.

伊莱恩整理

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Paw.[2]. Base, bottom, lower part.[3]. Twelve inches.[4]. (Mil.) Infantry, foot-soldiers.

v. a. [1]. Add a foot to (a stocking, boot, &c.), supply with a foot.[2]. Add up (figures), sum up.

塞西莉亚校對

解釋/意思:

n. that part of its body on which an animal stands or walks (having in man 26 bones): the lower part or base: a measure=12 in. (orig.) the length of a man's foot: foot-soldiers: a division of a line of poetry:—pl. Feet.—v.i. to dance: to walk:—pr.p. foot′ing; pa.p. foot′ed.—ns. Foot′ball a large ball for kicking about in sport: play with this ball; Foot′-bath act of bathing the feet: a vessel for this purpose; Foot′-board a support for the foot in a carriage or elsewhere: the foot-plate of a locomotive engine; Foot′boy an attendant in livery; Foot′breadth the breadth of a foot an area of this size; Foot′bridge a narrow bridge for foot-passengers; Foot′cloth (Shak.) a sumpter-cloth which reached to the feet of the horse.—p.adj. Foot′ed provided with a foot or feet: (Shak.) having gained a foothold established.—ns. Foot′fall a setting the foot on the ground: a footstep; Foot′gear shoes and stockings.—n.pl. Foot′guards guards that serve on foot the é–˜ite of the British infantry.—ns. Foot′hill a minor elevation distinct from the higher part of a mountain and separating it from the valley (usually in pl.); Foot′hold space on which to plant the feet: that which sustains the feet; Foot′ing place for the foot to rest on: firm foundation: position: settlement: tread: dance: plain cotton lace.—adj. Foot′less having no feet.—ns. Foot′-lick′er (Shak.) a fawning slavish flatterer; Foot′light one of a row of lights in front of and on a level with the stage in a theatre &c.; Foot′man a servant or attendant in livery: (B.) a soldier who serves on foot: a runner:—pl. Foot′men; Foot′mark Foot′print the mark or print of a foot: a track; Foot′note a note of reference at the foot of a page; Foot′pad a highwayman or robber on foot who frequents public paths or roads; Foot′-pass′enger one who travels on foot; Foot′path a narrow way which will not admit carriages; Foot′-plate the platform on which the driver and stoker of a locomotive engine stand; Foot′-post a post or messenger that travels on foot; Foot′-pound the force needed to raise one pound weight the height of one foot—the usual unit in measuring mechanical force; Foot′-race a race on foot; Foot′-rope a rope stretching along under a ship's yard for the men standing on when furling the sails: the rope to which the lower edge of a sail is attached; Foot′rot a name applied to certain inflammatory affections about the feet of sheep; Foot′rule a rule or measure a foot in length; Foot′-sol′dier a soldier that serves on foot.—adj. Foot′-sore having sore or tender feet as by much walking.—ns. Foot′-stalk (bot.) the stalk or petiole of a leaf; Foot′-stall a woman's stirrup; Foot′step the step or impression of the foot: a track: trace of a course pursued.—n.pl. Foot′steps course example.—ns. Foot′stool a stool for placing one's feet on when sitting: anything trodden upon; Foot′-warm′er a contrivance for keeping the feet warm; Foot′way a path for passengers on foot.—p.adj. Foot′worn worn by many feet as a stone: foot-sore.—Foot-and-mouth disease (see Murrain).—Foot it to walk: to dance.—Cover the feet (B.) a euphemism for to ease nature.—Put one's best foot foremost to appear at greatest advantage; Put one's foot in it to spoil anything by some indiscretion; Set on foot to originate.

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