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单词 bigfoot
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bigfoot
verb[T]
uk
/ˈbɪɡ.fʊt/us
/ˈbɪɡ.fʊt/
to get much moreattentionthan something or someone, or to takecontrolof asituationinsteadof someoneelse, because of being verystrong,powerful, orimportant:
（因为自己的能力、力量或重要性而）比他人更受关注；大行其道
Digitaleffectshave bigfooted theworldofmovies.数字特效在电影界大行其道。
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  • Sheannouncednewlawandorderplansyesterday, but the HomeSecretarybigfooted her with his ownannouncementtobuildthree verylargeprisons.
  • TheItaliandesigner'spresencehasangeredsome whoclaimLondonfashionweekshould be ashowcasefor Britishdesign. One said: "He has bigfooted Britishfashion."
  • I'm notsurewho bigfooted him but hecompletelychangedhismessage.
  • Did thebandfeelthey were being bigfooted by thestar?
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Controlling and being in charge
  • aggrandize
  • assume
  • assumption
  • authoritative
  • authoritatively
  • commanding
  • dictate
  • harness
  • have (got)someoneby the short and curliesidiom
  • havesomeoneby the ballsidiom
  • havesomeoneeating out ofyourhandidiom
  • have/hold the whip handidiom
  • helm
  • override
  • police
  • policing
  • possess
  • power play
  • predominate
  • skipper
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Bigfoot
noun[S]
uk
/ˈbɪɡ.fʊt/us
/ˈbɪɡ.fʊt/
(alsoSasquatch)
alargecreaturelike ahumancoveredinhairthat somepeoplebelieveexistsin thenorthwestof the US andwesternCanada
（据说曾生活在美国西北部和加拿大西部的）北美野人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mythological & legendary characters
  • Abominable Snowman
  • Anancy
  • Andromeda
  • Ares
  • basilisk
  • changeling
  • Cinderella
  • faun
  • giantess
  • gremlin
  • hobbit
  • imp
  • mermaid
  • merman
  • Minerva
  • Neptune
  • Nessie
  • Nike
  • sphinx
  • the Loch Ness Monster
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(Definition ofbigfootfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Bigfoot, yetis, mermaids, krakens, the Loch Ness Monster, dragons. . . . Do you believe they lived – or live – in our world?

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Highlights in its inventory include unicorn tears, field notebooks, a vast array of teeth,bigfoottoenails, respectacles, high quality field cookware, and fashionable cryptozoological wear.
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The plot revolves around a man trying to catch abigfoot.
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She finds a smallbigfootin the shed.
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Somehow that term also had been referenced to their neighbors' stories ofbigfoot.
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They also do wood knocks, which mimics the bigfoot's communication.
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She finds him again and chases thebigfootway out into the forest.
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The series never questions the existence ofbigfoot, but rather documents the team's search efforts and study of evidence in an attempt to prove the existence of the elusive creature.
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While one of the members camps out and looks for evidence, the rest of the team holds a town hall meeting, where local witnesses recount theirbigfootencounters.
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Hisbigfootcharacters scurry about amongst period buildings and backgrounds that are richly textured and photorealist, bathed centre stage in glowing light, but shrouded in threatening shadow in the wings.
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You can't equatebigfootwith mermaids.
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