Six 4-H girls worked to clean the 72 foot curbside that was covered with weeds, rocks and trash.
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
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月閱讀原文
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 (機敏的), 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月聽力原文
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N-COUNT
腳;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.
她又跺了跺腳。
...a foot injury.
足傷
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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...
戴維在樓梯下面喊孩子們。
...the foot of Highgate Hill...
海格特山腳下
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N-SING
床尾;床腳
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.
朋友們站在床腳處，神情嚴肅地看著她。
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N-COUNT
英尺(相當于 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...
這個形狀奇特的美麗湖泊周長約有15,000英尺。
...a shopping and leisure complex of one million square feet...
占地100萬平方英尺的購物休閑中心
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ADJ
(剎車或泵)用腳操作的，腳踏的
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.
我試圖去夠腳剎，但是沒能踩到。
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ADJ
(巡邏隊)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.
傘兵和步兵代表政府進入大樓。
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N-COUNT
(詩歌的)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;膽怯;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.
政府對改革縮手縮腳。
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PHRASE
站穩腳跟;變得自信;能獨立行動
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...
我在英格蘭不認識什么人，但是我相信自己一旦站穩腳跟就可以獨當一面。
Once he had found his feet he was able to deal with any problem.
他一旦變得自信了就能夠處理任何問題。
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PHRASE
腳踏實地;踏踏實實
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...
在那一方面他需要腳踏實地，不能飄飄然。
Kevin was always level-headed with both feet on the ground.
凱文總是頭腦冷靜，腳踏實地。
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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.
我們劃船到了岸邊，之后余下的時間步行在島上探險。
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PHRASE
站立;站著
If you are on your feet, you are standing up.
例句
Everyone was on their feet applauding wildly.
每個人都站起身來熱烈鼓掌。
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PHRASE
恢復體力;身體康復
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...
你需要有人為你分擔壓力，幫你恢復元氣。
He said they all needed to work together to put the country on its feet again.
他說他們都需要通力協作以使國家恢復元氣。
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PHRASE
運氣好;走運
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...
他長得很帥，也有魅力，總是走好運。
While I struggle through life, she lands on her feet.
在我掙扎過活的時候，她卻運氣亨通。
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PHRASE
一只腳踏進了墳墓;行將就木
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
情況完全逆轉;事實恰恰相反
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.
你沒有權力開除我。相反，我現在可以開除你。
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PHRASE
全力以赴;盡最大努力
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.
要盡力而為，要相信你可能遇到的每一個問題都會有一個適當的解決方案。
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PHRASE
拿定主意阻止;執意反對
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 月獨自去滑雪，但是他的太太決定讓他打消這個念頭。
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PHRASE
猛踩油門;開快車
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.
我要求司機加大油門去那曲。
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PHRASE
(行為或言語)使人尷尬,冒犯別人
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.
我們的主席真的讓人很尷尬，可憐的人，盡管他自己沒意識到。
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PHRASE
(尤指架起雙腳)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.
晚飯后他會支起雙腿，歇一歇，看看書。那真是件很愜意的事情。
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PHRASE
做錯事;犯錯誤
If you never put a foot wrong, you never make any mistakes.
例句
When he's around, we never put a foot wrong...
他在的時候，我們從來不會出錯。
He hardly put a foot wrong in defence and was fine in attack.
他防守的時候幾乎滴水不漏，進攻也很出色。
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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...
人類首次登上月球的那一天
A little later I left that place and never set foot in Texas again.
之后沒多久我離開了那個地方，從此再也沒有回過得克薩斯。
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PHRASE
自食其力;獨立
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.
只要我能夠自食其力，不依附于自己的丈夫，嫁給誰我父親倒是并不介意。
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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...
馬隆站起身來，跟在他的上司后面走出了套房。
The delegates cheered and rose to their feet...
代表們歡呼著站起身來。
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PHRASE
纏人;礙手礙腳
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.
孩子們在周圍亂跑，讓所有人都很煩。
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PHRASE
一開始就不對;出師不利
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.
盡管他們召集了選舉，也為此做了一段時間的準備，但是一開始就走錯了。