footstep

英 [ˈfʊtstep]

美 [ˈfʊtstep]

n. 脚步声; 足迹

复数：footsteps　

Collins.1 / BNC.5733 / COCA.6017

习惯用语

follow in sb's footsteps

仿效某人
to do the same job, have the same style of life, etc. as sb else, especially sb in your family
She works in television, following in her father's footsteps.
她步她父亲的后尘，在电视台工作。

noun

N-COUNT 脚步声;足迹
Afootstepis the sound or mark that is made by someone walking each time their foot touches the ground.
1. I heard footsteps outside.
  我听见了外面的脚步声。
PHRASE 效仿;步…后尘
If youfollow insomeone'sfootsteps, you do the same things as they did earlier.
1. My father is extremely proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor.
  我的父亲非常自豪，因为我继承他的事业，成为了一名医生。

noun

the act of taking a step in walking
the sound of a step of someone walking
1. he heard footsteps on the porch
Synonym:footfallstep
the distance covered by a step
1. he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Synonym:pacestepstride

A trail of her footstep was on the pure white ground, made me feel light and warm.
她的一串脚步印在洁白的雪地上，给人一种轻盈而又温暖的感觉。
I heard his footstep on the stairs.
我听到他踩在阶梯上的脚步声。
The noise in the street distracted me. I listened for a footstep.
街上的嘈杂声使我分心。我留心听着脚步声。
I heard footsteps outside.
我听见了外面的脚步声。
But now, Pearl, I hear a footstep along the path, and the noise of one putting aside the branches.
不过，珠儿，这会儿我听到有脚步声沿着小路走来，还有拨开树枝的声音。
If she heard a footstep in the corridor, she closed the cupboard again as hastily as it was possible with her aged hands.
如果她听见过道里有人走路，那双枯手便急忙锁上柜门。
Come to cannot go back land footstep.
到了无法挽回的地步。
I met you abruptly, with violently beating heart and light footstep to come around you: "heyhey, stinking cookroach, you must be dead this time."
突然和你相遇，心一阵狂跳，我放轻了脚步，悄悄来到你身旁，“嘿嘿，臭蟑螂，这次年死定啦！”
I listened for a footstep.
我留心听着脚步声。
The Evidential Value of Footstep Identification Conclusions in Criminal Investigation
足迹鉴定结论在侦查过程中的证据价值分析