footling

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈfuːt.lɪŋ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fetus oriented so that, at birth, its foot or feet will emerge first. A type of breech birth.
    — In 1999 my fourth child (third daughter) made an unexpected footling breech presentation.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of footle form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. trivial, silly and irritating.
    — He was explaining to her things about the air service. . . . "Isn't it rather dangerous work?" she asked. She felt it was a footling question even as she asked it.

词形变化

more footling comparative most footling superlative footlings plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English footle
English -ing
English footling
From footle + -ing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English foot
Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.
Proto-Germanic *-ilaz
Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Germanic *-īnaz
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz
Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ling
Old English -ling
Middle English -ling
English -ling
English footling
From foot + -ling.
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