early 13c., "footprint," from foot (n.) + step (n.). Meaning "a tread or fall of the foot" is first attested 1530s. Figurative expression to follow in (someone's) footsteps is from 1540s.
雙語例句
1. A footstep in the snow. Madame Defarge.
雪地里有腳步聲, 是德伐日太太.
來自英漢文學 - 雙城記
2. Ruth listened and started nervously at every passing footstep.
露絲諦聽著,每次有腳步聲過去她就心驚肉跳.
來自辭典例句
3. I listened for a footstep.
我留心聽著腳步聲.
來自辭典例句
4. The store is just a footstep away.
那爿店僅一步之遙.
來自辭典例句
5. Want kick out heart with the hurried footstep of lose.