| 单词 | underfoot |
| 释义 | underfoot adverb uk/ˌʌn.dəˈfʊt/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈfʊt/underyourfeetas youwalk; on theground: 在脚下；在地上Thegrasswascoolandpleasantunderfoot.脚下的草地凉爽宜人。 Manypeopleweretrampled/crushedunderfoot when thepolicetriedtobreakup thedemonstration.当警察试图驱散游行队伍时，许多人被踩在脚下／挤倒在地。 Under & below
underfoot| American Dictionaryunderfoot adverb[not gradable] us/ˌʌn·dərˈfʊt/underyourfeetas youwalk: Thegrassfeltpleasantandcoolunderfoot. Thecatkeepsgetting underfoot(= in the way). Examplesofunderfootunderfoot In military images, the ruler was usually shown alone or with a captive coweringunderfoot. From theCambridge English Corpus Theunderfootconditions were a straw-bedded standing/lying area with concrete flooring providing access to the feeding barrier and trough. From theCambridge English Corpus The ground can be felt to vibrate subtlyunderfoot. From theCambridge English Corpus I can touch the rock, whether of a cave wall or of the groundunderfoot, and can thereby gain a feel for what rock is like as a material. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, we can be left with the impression that before the nineteenth century ethnic boundaries were so trampledunderfootthat they were barely recognizable to the people rushing across them. From theCambridge English Corpus Howells found the scathing reviews of surly critics to be quite as absurd and ill-motivated as "the botanist's grinding a plantunderfootbecause he does not find it pretty" (30). From theCambridge English Corpus People do not spend money on luxuries to treadunderfoot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is himself engaged in destroying everything that the revolution stood for and tramplingunderfootits undoubted successes. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Political and social rights are being hit and individual rights and democratic freedoms are being trampledunderfoot. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English As a result, those areas that we seek to protect are in danger of being trampledunderfootby the weight of numbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we had the right to roam anywhere we liked, she would have to deal with unevennessunderfootand brambles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our people have grit in their eyes and grit in their food; there is gritunderfootand grit in the laundry on washing day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are prepared to trample itunderfootfor their own narrow party interest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At the same time – and this will be my last point – national democracies will be trampledunderfoot. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We know that foreign policy complications result, as international law is being trampledunderfoothere in a completely grey area. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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