footstep
footstep
英[ˈfʊtstep]美[ˈfʊtstep]
n.脚步（声），足迹；
复数：footsteps;
例句
The store is just a footstep away.那爿店仅一步之遥.
I listened for a footstep.我留心听着脚步声.
Ruth listened and started nervously at every passing footstep.露丝谛听着,每次有脚步声过去她就心惊肉跳.
同义词
n.
footstep的同义词之：脚步
trackpacefootprintstridefootfalltrailtracesteptreadfootmark词组
follow (或 tread) in someone's footsteps
do as another person did before, especially in making a journey or following a particular career步某人后尘；走某人走过的路；继承事业follow in (someone's) footsteps
To carry on the behavior, work, or tradition of.步某人的后尘：继承…的行为、事业或传统英语四级真题
After that, survey respondents disagree over whether this generation will follow in their parents' footsteps, moving to the suburbs to raise families, or will choose to remain in the city center.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-COUNT
脚步声;足迹
A footstep is the sound or mark that is made by someone walking each time their foot touches the ground.
例句
I heard footsteps outside.我听见了外面的脚步声。PHRASE
效仿;步…后尘
If you follow in someone's footsteps, you do the same things as they did earlier.
例句
My father is extremely proud that I followed in his footsteps and became a doctor.我的父亲非常自豪，因为我继承他的事业，成为了一名医生。英汉词典释义
n.
脚步(声)
He heard soft footsteps coming up the stair.他听见有人上楼的轻微脚步声。一步的距离
The servant walked two or three footsteps behind his master.仆人走在主人后面, 相隔两三步。足迹
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the sound of a step of someone walking;
"he heard footsteps on the porch"2. the act of taking a step in walking
3. the distance covered by a step;
"he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig"行业词典
体育： 一步跨出去的距离；
