- [usually plural]
a mark left on a surface by a person’s foot or shoe or by an animal’s foot 脚印;足迹 footprints in the sand 沙地足迹 muddy footprints on the kitchen floor 厨房地板上的泥脚印 He could identify any animal from its footprints. 无论什么动物他都可以凭脚印辨认出来。
Extra ExamplesThe detective found fresh footprints in the mud next to the victim. 侦探在受害者旁边的泥地上发现了新脚印。 The intruder had left some clear footprints in the flower beds. 闯入者在花坛里留下了一些清晰的脚印。 The wet footprints led back to the pool. 湿漉漉的脚印指回到水池边。 They had fled through the snow, and police had followed their footprints. 他们穿过雪地逃跑了,警察顺着脚印追踪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- muddy
- wet
- …
- set
- leave
- make
- find
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- lead
- (also ecological footprint)
a measure of the amount of the earth’s resources used by a person or a population that lives in a particular way 生态足迹(测定个人或群体生活所消耗地球资源的指标) These countries are so populous that they can have a very big footprint. 这些国家人口过多, 可能对环境造成巨大影响。
the amount of space that something fills (某物所占的)空间量,面积 The warehouse system holds an extensive amount of product in a very small footprint because it was built five levels high. 仓库系统以非常小的占地面积容纳大量产品,因为它建在五层楼高。
the area on the earth in which a signal from a communications satellite can be received (通信卫星)覆盖区