foot

名词 n. 动词 v.
[fʊt̚]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
    — A spider has eight feet.
  2. Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
    — Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.
  3. Travel by walking. attributive,often
    — We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.
  4. The base or bottom of anything.
    — I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.
  5. The part of a flat surface on which the feet customarily rest.
    — We came and stood at the foot of the bed.
  6. The end of a rectangular table opposite the head.
    — The host should sit at the foot of the table.
  7. A short foot-like projection on the bottom of an object to support it.
    — The feet of the stove hold it a safe distance above the floor.
  8. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.
    — The flag pole, which is 20 feet high, was hoisted by a six-foot tall man.
  9. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.; Ellipsis of square foot, a unit of area. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,informal
  10. A unit of measure equal to twelve inches or one third of a yard, equal to exactly 30.48 centimetres.; Ellipsis of cubic foot, a unit of volume. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,informal
  11. A unit of measure for organ pipes equal to the wavelength of two octaves above middle C, approximately 328 mm.
  12. Foot soldiers; infantry. collective
    — King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.
  13. The end of a cigar which is lit, and usually cut before lighting.
    — He removes a gold lighter from his pocket, flips it open, and waves the flame over the foot, taking short, sucking pulls off the head till it’s lit.
  14. The part of a sewing machine which presses downward on the fabric, and may also serve to move it forward.
  15. The bottommost part of a typed or printed page.
  16. The base of a piece of type, forming the sides of the groove.
  17. The basic measure of rhythm in a poem.
  18. The parsing of syllables into prosodic constituents, which are used to determine the placement of stress in languages along with the notions of constituent heads.
  19. The bottom edge of a sail.
    — To make the mainsail fuller in shape, the outhaul is eased to reduce the tension on the foot of the sail.
  20. The end of a billiard or pool table behind the foot point where the balls are racked.
  21. In a bryophyte, that portion of a sporophyte which remains embedded within and attached to the parent gametophyte plant.
    — (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
  22. The muscular part of a bivalve mollusc or a gastropod by which it moves or holds its position on a surface.
  23. The globular lower domain of a protein.
  24. The point of intersection of one line with another that is perpendicular to it.
  25. Fundamental principle; basis; plan.
    — To conſider the vvhole of the Subject, to read and think on all ſides, to object plainly, and anſvver directly, upon the foot of dry Reaſon and Argument, vvou'd be a very tedious and troubleſome Affair.
  26. Recognized condition; rank; footing.
    — May 20, 1742, Horace Walpole, letter to Horace Mann As to his being on the foot of a servant.
动词 v.
  1. To use the foot to kick (usually a ball). transitive
  2. To pay (a bill). transitive
  3. To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
    — There's time enough, I hope, To foot a measure with the bonnie bride,
  4. To walk.
    — thieves do foot by night
  5. To set foot on; to walk on. archaic
    — […] Or shepherd-boy, they featly foot the green
  6. To set on foot; to establish; to land. obsolete
    — What confederacy have you with the traitors / Late footed in the kingdom?
  7. To renew the foot of (a stocking, etc.).
    — I'll sew nether stocks and mend them and foot them too
  8. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; sometimes with up.
    — to foot (or foot up) an account
  9. To spread out and stack up (turf sods) to allow them to dry. Ireland,transitive

词形变化

feet plural foot UK,colloquial,error-unknown-tag,plural foote alternative,obsolete feets alternative,dialectal foots alternative,nonstandard foots present,singular,third-person footing participle,present footed participle,past footed past foote alternative,obsolete feets alternative,dialectal foots alternative,nonstandard

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footbinding footboard footbone footbound footbow footbox footboy foot brake footbreadth footbridge footcandle foot candle foot-candle footcare foot chase footcloth foot-dragger footdragger foot-dragging foot drop footer foot-fall footfall foot fault footfault foot feed foot fetish foot fetishism footfighting foot-flagging footfuck footfucker footful foot-ganger footganger footgear footglove footgoer foot-goer footgolf foot guard footguard footgun foothalt foot heater foothill foothold footholder foothole foothook foothot footing foot-in-mouth disease foot-in-the-door technique foot iron foot it foot-jaw foot job foot juggling foot kiss foot-lambert foot landraker footless footlet footlicker foot lifter footlight foot-light footlights footlike foot line footling foot locker footlocker footlog footlong footloose foot louse footly footman footmanship foot mantle footmark footmeal foot-mouth footmuff footnail footnote footpace foot-pace foot pace footpad foot pad foot-pad footpage footpan footpass foot passenger footpath foot patrol footpedal foot pedal footpeg foot peg foot per second footplate footpoint footpole footpost foot post foot-pound foot-poundal foot-pound-second footprint foot pump foot pursuit footquake foot race footrace footracer footracing footrail footrest foot rest foot roller footroom footrope foot rot footrot footrub footrule footrunner foot-scamp foot screw footshake footshock footsie footsie-wootsies footslave foot-slog footslog footslogger footslope footslut footsock foot soldier footsoldiery footsore footspeed footspur footstalk foot-stalk footstall footstep footstick foot stick footstone foot-stool footstool foot stove footstrike foot-strut split footsure footsweep foot sweep footswitch foot-tapping foot-ton foot traffic foot trap foot-travel foot trip foot up foot valve foot voting footwalk footwall footward footwarmer foot-warmer foot warmer footway footwear footwell footwheel foot-wobbler footwoman footwork footworn foot worship footwrap footwriting forefoot forty-foot equivalent unit fotmal four-foot four foot fox's foot front-foot front foot front foot shot futtock get cold feet get off on the right foot get off on the wrong foot get one's foot in the door goatsfoot goat's foot goofy-foot Greek foot grinch foot half foot hand and foot hand-foot-genital syndrome hand-foot-mouth disease hand-foot syndrome harefoot hare's-foot fern hare's-foot hare's foot have a foot in both camps have one foot in the grave have one foot on a banana peel have the black ox tread on one's foot headfooter head to foot heavy-foot heavy foot hen's-foot hindfoot Hong Kong foot hoppus foot hornfoot horse and foot horsefoot hotfoot icefoot ice-foot ice foot I'll go to the foot of our stairs I'll go to the foot of the stairs I'll go to the foot of my stairs immersion foot immersion foot syndrome international foot itchy feet Japanese foot jawfoot Kenton Bank Foot kick with the other foot kilofoot lambsfoot lead foot leadfoot leadfooted Lightfoot light-footed light on one's feet lily foot linear foot lion's foot lobefoot lotus foot Luddenden Foot Luddendenfoot Madura foot mast foot megafoot metric foot midfoot moccasin foot my foot neatsfoot ninja foot not touch something with a ten-foot pole not touch with a ten-foot pole of foot off the back foot one foot one foot in the grave one foot out the door on foot on foot of on the back foot on the front foot on the right foot on the wrong foot outfoot overfoot paddlefoot padfoot pelican's foot pigeonfoot pigfoot plant foot polt-foot polt foot ponyfoot presser foot pseudofoot puppy foot pussyfoot put a foot wrong put foot to ass put one foot in front of the other put one's best foot foremost put one's best foot forward put one's foot down put one's foot down on put one's foot down upon put one's foot in it put one's foot in one's mouth put one's foot in someone's ass put one's foot up someone's ass put the same shoe on every foot put the shoe on the other foot rabbit-foot rabbit foot rabbit's foot rabbit's-foot fern rearfoot refoot Roman foot run someone off their feet saltfoot scalyfoot scaly-foot gastropod set foot on land set on foot sheep's foot sheepsfoot shoot oneself in the foot show the cloven foot side-foot sidefoot single-foot singlefoot six feet deep six foot slew-foot slue-foot snowshoe foot sowfoot spadefoot spade foot spade-foot spear foot spinefoot splayfoot square foot stairfoot start off on the right foot start off on the wrong foot step foot stick one's foot in it stick one's foot in one's mouth stocking-foot superfoot swiftfoot switchfoot tanglefoot tenderfoot ten foot tenfoot the boot is on the other foot the shoe is on the other foot tie hand and foot tiger-foot tiger's-foot trench foot tube foot turn of foot twenty-foot equivalent unit underfoot U.S. survey foot US survey foot wait on someone hand and foot wait upon hand and foot waterfoot webbed foot webfoot what foot the shoe is on which foot the shoe is on whorl foot whose foot the shoe is on wolf's-foot wrong foot wrong-foot wrongfoot you cannot put the same shoe on every foot zone foot therapy foot the bill
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词源 1
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous.
Cognates
*Scots fit (“foot”)
*Yola voote (“foot”)
*North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”)
*Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”)
*West Frisian foet (“foot”)
*Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”)
*Dutch voet (“foot”)
*Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”)
*German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”)
*German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”)
*Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”)
*Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”)
*Mòcheno vuas (“foot”)
*Vilamovian füs (“foot”)
*Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”)
*Danish fod (“foot”)
*Faroese and Icelandic fótur (“foot”)
*Jamtish fót (“foot”)
*Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fot (“foot”)
*Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
词源 2
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous.
Cognates
*Scots fit (“foot”)
*Yola voote (“foot”)
*North Frisian fut, fötj (“foot”)
*Saterland Frisian Fout (“foot”)
*West Frisian foet (“foot”)
*Cimbrian buus, vuaz, vuus (“foot”)
*Dutch voet (“foot”)
*Dutch Low Saxon voot (“foot”)
*German Fuß, Fuss (“foot”)
*German Low German Faut, Foot (“foot”)
*Gottscheerish vúəs (“foot”)
*Luxembourgish Fouss (“foot”)
*Mòcheno vuas (“foot”)
*Vilamovian füs (“foot”)
*Yiddish פֿוס (fus, “foot”)
*Danish fod (“foot”)
*Faroese and Icelandic fótur (“foot”)
*Jamtish fót (“foot”)
*Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fot (“foot”)
*Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus, “foot”).
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