Six 4-H girls worked to clean the 72 foot curbside that was covered with weeds, rocks and trash.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
Houses built before 1939 use about 50% more energy per square foot than those built after 2000, mainly due to the tiny cracks and gaps that expand over time and let in more outside air.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
Almost every child, on the first day he sets foot in a school building, is smarter, more curious, less afraid of what he doesn't know, better at finding and figuring things out, more confident, resourceful (机敏的), persistent and independent than he will ever be again in his schooling – or, unless he is very unusual and very lucky, for the rest of his life.
出自-2010年6月听力原文
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N-COUNT
脚;足
Your feet are the parts of your body that are at the ends of your legs, and that you stand on.
例句
She stamped her foot again.
她又跺了跺脚。
...a foot injury.
足伤
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N-SING
最下部;基部;底部
The foot of something is the part that is farthest from its top.
例句
David called to the children from the foot of the stairs...
戴维在楼梯下面喊孩子们。
...the foot of Highgate Hill...
海格特山脚下
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N-SING
床尾;床脚
The foot of a bed is the end nearest to the feet of the person lying in it.
例句
Friends stood at the foot of the bed, looking at her with serious faces.
朋友们站在床脚处，神情严肃地看着她。
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N-COUNT
英尺(相当于 12 英寸或 30.48 厘米)
A foot is a unit for measuring length, height, or depth, and is equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres. When you are giving measurements, the form 'foot' is often used as the plural instead of the plural form 'feet'.
例句
This beautiful and curiously shaped lake lies at around fifteen thousand feet...
这个形状奇特的美丽湖泊周长约有15,000英尺。
...a shopping and leisure complex of one million square feet...
占地100万平方英尺的购物休闲中心
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ADJ
(刹车或泵)用脚操作的，脚踏的
A foot brake or foot pump is operated by your foot rather than by your hand.
例句
I tried to reach the foot brakes but I couldn't.
我试图去够脚刹，但是没能踩到。
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ADJ
(巡逻队)步行的;步(兵)的
A foot patrol or foot soldiers walk rather than travelling in vehicles or on horseback.
例句
Paratroopers and foot-soldiers entered the building on the government's behalf.
伞兵和步兵代表政府进入大楼。
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N-COUNT
(诗歌的)音步
In poetry, a foot is one of the basic units of rhythm into which a line is divided.
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PHRASE
害怕;胆怯;裹足不前
If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail.
例句
The Government is getting cold feet about the reforms.
政府对改革缩手缩脚。
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PHRASE
站稳脚跟;变得自信;能独立行动
If you say that someone is finding their feet in a new situation, you mean that they are starting to feel confident and to deal with things successfully.
例句
I don't know anyone in England but I am sure I will manage when I find my feet...
我在英格兰不认识什么人，但是我相信自己一旦站稳脚跟就可以独当一面。
Once he had found his feet he was able to deal with any problem.
他一旦变得自信了就能够处理任何问题。
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PHRASE
脚踏实地;踏踏实实
If you say that someone has their feet on the ground, you approve of the fact that they have a sensible and practical attitude towards life, and do not have unrealistic ideas.
例句
In that respect he needs to keep his feet on the ground and not get carried away...
在那一方面他需要脚踏实地，不能飘飘然。
Kevin was always level-headed with both feet on the ground.
凯文总是头脑冷静，脚踏实地。
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PHRASE
步行;走路去
If you go somewhere on foot, you walk, rather than using any form of transport.
例句
We rowed ashore, then explored the island on foot for the rest of the day.
我们划船到了岸边，之后余下的时间步行在岛上探险。
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PHRASE
站立;站着
If you are on your feet, you are standing up.
例句
Everyone was on their feet applauding wildly.
每个人都站起身来热烈鼓掌。
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PHRASE
恢复体力;身体康复
If you say that someone or something is on their feet again after an illness or difficult period, you mean that they have recovered and are back to normal.
例句
You need someone to take the pressure off and help you get back on your feet...
你需要有人为你分担压力，帮你恢复元气。
He said they all needed to work together to put the country on its feet again.
他说他们都需要通力协作以使国家恢复元气。
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PHRASE
运气好;走运
If you say that someone always falls or lands on their feet, you mean that they are always successful or lucky, although they do not seem to achieve this by their own efforts.
例句
He has good looks and charm, and always falls on his feet...
他长得很帅，也有魅力，总是走好运。
While I struggle through life, she lands on her feet.
在我挣扎过活的时候，她却运气亨通。
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PHRASE
一只脚踏进了坟墓;行将就木
If you say that someone has one foot in the grave, you mean that they are very old or very ill and will probably die soon.
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PHRASE
情况完全逆转;事实恰恰相反
If you say, in British English, the boot is on the other foot or, mainly in American English, the shoe is on the other foot, you mean that a situation has been reversed completely, so that the person who was in the better position before is now in the worse one.
例句
You're not in a position to remove me. The boot is now on the other foot.
你没有权力开除我。相反，我现在可以开除你。
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PHRASE
全力以赴;尽最大努力
If you put your best foot forward, you act in a cheerful, determined way.
例句
Put your best foot forward and work on the assumption that there is an acceptable solution to every problem you are likely to face.
要尽力而为，要相信你可能遇到的每一个问题都会有一个适当的解决方案。
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PHRASE
拿定主意阻止;执意反对
If someone puts their foot down, they use their authority in order to stop something happening.
例句
He had planned to go skiing on his own in March but his wife had decided to put her foot down.
他原本打算在 3 月独自去滑雪，但是他的太太决定让他打消这个念头。
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PHRASE
猛踩油门;开快车
If someone puts their foot down when they are driving, they drive as fast as they can.
例句
I asked the driver to put his foot down for Nagchukha.
我要求司机加大油门去那曲。
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PHRASE
(行为或言语)使人尴尬,冒犯别人
If someone puts their foot in it or puts their foot in their mouth, they accidentally do or say something which embarrasses or offends people.
例句
Our chairman has really put his foot in it, poor man, though he doesn't know it.
我们的主席真的让人很尴尬，可怜的人，尽管他自己没意识到。
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PHRASE
(尤指架起双脚)坐下(或躺下)休息，放松
If you put your feet up, you relax or have a rest, especially by sitting or lying with your feet supported off the ground.
例句
After supper he'd put his feet up and read. It was a pleasant prospect.
晚饭后他会支起双腿，歇一歇，看看书。那真是件很惬意的事情。
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PHRASE
做错事;犯错误
If you never put a foot wrong, you never make any mistakes.
例句
When he's around, we never put a foot wrong...
他在的时候，我们从来不会出错。
He hardly put a foot wrong in defence and was fine in attack.
他防守的时候几乎滴水不漏，进攻也很出色。
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PHRASE
踏上，涉足(某地)
If you say that someone sets foot in a place, you mean that they enter it or reach it, and you are emphasizing the significance of their action. If you say that someone never sets foot in a place, you are emphasizing that they never go there.
例句
...the day the first man set foot on the moon...
人类首次登上月球的那一天
A little later I left that place and never set foot in Texas again.
之后没多久我离开了那个地方，从此再也没有回过得克萨斯。
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PHRASE
自食其力;独立
If someone has to stand on their own two feet, they have to be independent and manage their lives without help from other people.
例句
My father didn't mind whom I married, so long as I could stand on my own two feet and wasn't dependent on my husband.
只要我能够自食其力，不依附于自己的丈夫，嫁给谁我父亲倒是并不介意。
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PHRASE
站起;起身
If you get or rise to your feet, you stand up.
例句
Malone got to his feet and followed his superior out of the suite...
马隆站起身来，跟在他的上司后面走出了套房。
The delegates cheered and rose to their feet...
代表们欢呼着站起身来。
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PHRASE
缠人;碍手碍脚
If you say that someone is under your feet, you are annoyed because they are with you or near you, and are bothering you.
例句
The children were running about under everybody's feet.
孩子们在周围乱跑，让所有人都很烦。
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PHRASE
一开始就不对;出师不利
If someone gets off on the wrong foot in a new situation, they make a bad start by doing something in completely the wrong way.
例句
Even though they called the election and had been preparing for it for some time, they got off on the wrong foot.
尽管他们召集了选举，也为此做了一段时间的准备，但是一开始就走错了。