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

'said Mrs d'Urberville, recognizing a new footstep.
德贝维尔夫人听见有一种新的脚步声，嘴里说。
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 listened for a footstep.
我留心听着脚步声。
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。
After a while, the footstep came at the door, then, the door was opened like the door was striked by explosive bow wave.
一会儿，脚步到了门口，随即，门像受到爆炸的冲击波撞击似的，砰一声被推开了。
The footstep and singing were more and more close, and walk towards directly our Home.
沙沙声和歌声越走越近，径直向我们家门口走来。
He listened; it was a footstep pacing back and forth, as though some one were walking in the room above him.
好象有人在他上面屋子里走路，是来回走动的步履声。
I heard footsteps outside.
我听见了外面的脚步声。
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！”
Now it is February in North China where the spring footstep comes near.
此时，北国的二月，春天的脚步已近。