foot:不止是腳
"Disease come on horseback, but steal away on foot."
——proverb
病來的時候騎着馬,病走的時候走着路(病來如山倒,病去如抽絲)
——諺語
一、你知道foot有幾種含義嗎?
n.
1.腳,足 [C] the lowest part of the leg, below the ankle, on which a person or an animal stands
A man has two feet.
人有兩隻腳。
2.(襪子的)足部 [C] the part of a sock
3.最下部,基礎,底部 [C] the lowest part of sth; the base or bottom of sth
The waves wash the foot of the cliffs.
波浪拍打斷崖底部。
4.英尺 [C] a unit for measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres
Twelve inches make one foot.
12英寸等於1英尺。
5.【術語】音步 [C] a unit of rhythm in a line of poetry containing one stressed syllable and one or more syllables without stress. Each of the four divisions in the following line is a foot
A line of English verse composed in iambic hexameter,usually with a caesura after the third foot.
亞歷山大格式的詩行一個由六步抑揚格寫成的,通常在第三音步後有一停頓的英語詩行。
v.
1.步行,走 [I,T] to go on foot
We're footing it instead of riding.
我們以步代車。
2.做襪底 [T] to make or renew the foot of (as a stocking)
Mother footed the stocking.
媽媽給這襪子換了底。
3.【口】支付(帳單或費用) [T] to pay or stand credit for
Our parents footed the bill for the wedding.
我們的父母親爲婚禮支付了費用。
4.合計爲,總計 [I] to add up
The bill footed up to $1,000.
帳單結算總計一千元。
二、你知道foot和哪些詞更搭嗎?
athlete's foot
n.[醫]腳癬
hand and foot
adv.手腳一起,完全,盡力地
board foot
木料英尺,板尺,板英尺
cleft foot
裂足
foot brake
腳剎車,腳踏式制動器,腳踏閘
foot lever
腳踏操縱桿
foot rot
腳腐病,腐蹄病
foot rule
英制尺
foot-and-mouth disease
口蹄疫
square foot
平方英尺
三、接下來,做個填詞遊戲吧
Can you balance on one ______?
你能獨腳站着保持平衡嗎?