hotfoot是什么意思？

hotfoot

英[ˈhɒtfʊt] 美[ˈhɑtfʊt]

• adv. <非正>火速地，急匆匆地；
• vt.& vi. <非正>急行；
• vt. 疾走，快跑（到某处）；

第三人称单数：hotfoots;

过去式：hotfooted;

过去分词：hotfooted;

现在分词：hotfooting;

例句

• I have an unnerving sensation that someone is giving me a hotfoot in my left shoe. 我有一种令人紧张的感觉,好像有人在我的左鞋里恶作剧.
• The children come running hotfoot when they hear tea is ready. 孩子们听说茶点已准备好了,便赶紧跑过来.
• He had just arrived hotfoot from London. 他刚从伦敦匆匆赶来。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  急匆匆地走;火速赶路
  If you hot-foot it somewhere, you go there in a hurry.
  例句
  ...a group of actors hot-footing it for the bar. 一群急匆匆赶往酒吧的演员

英汉词典释义

• adv.
  <非正>火速地,急匆匆地
  The children come running hotfoot when they hear tea is ready. 孩子们听说茶点已准备好了,便赶紧跑过来。
• vt.
  疾走，快跑(到某处)
  Once the police arrived, we hotfooted it out of there. 警察一到，我们就急忙离开了那里。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. step on it;
  "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests""The cars raced down the street"
• Adverb
  1. without delay; speedily;
  "sent ambassadors hotfoot to the Turks"- Francis Hackett"drove hotfoot for Boston"