footmeal

名词 n. 副词 adv.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fotmal. obsolete
副词 adv.
  1. Step by step: incrementally, little by little, by degrees, one foot (measure) at a time. not-comparable,rare
    — Grandees must covet condos, since they let bids rip, And "spaces" measured footmeal now reach record tops.

词形变化

footmeals plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.
词源 2
From Middle English footmele, fotmelen, from Old English fōtmǣlum (“step by step, by degrees”), dative plural of Old English fōtmǣl (“a foot-measure, one foot”), equivalent to foot + -meal.
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