| 单词 | footnote |
| 释义 | footnote (fʊtnoʊt ) Word forms: footnotes 1. countable noun A footnote is a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page. 2. countable noun If you refer to what you are saying as a footnote, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned. As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was justified. 3. countable noun If you describe an event as a footnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered. I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history. Collocations: footnote of history The footnotes of history are spattered with the blushes of those who tried to weave a friendly story with their clothes. Times, Sunday Times Truly these are the footnotes to the footnotes of history. The Times Literary Supplement His influence as a visionary and progressive leader of the electricians' union has long since drifted into the footnotes of history books. Times, Sunday Times Globally, bar a handful of specialist cinemas, celluloid will be a historical footnote by 2015. Times, Sunday Times A once dashing figure became a historical footnote. Times, Sunday Times Had he not been unexpectedly elected to lead the party then his presence there would have remained an obscure historical footnote. Times, Sunday Times You don't have to resort to the art historical footnotes. Times, Sunday Times He goes on to both celebrate and demystify these icons, firing out historical footnotes as he tries to muddy our perception of heroes and villains alike. Times, Sunday Times If he were a beautiful loser, he would be a mere footnote, a curiosity. Times, Sunday Times Either way, history will judge her to have been a remarkable athlete with the hand, or lack thereof, a mere footnote. Times, Sunday Times It will be a mere footnote in his career. Times, Sunday Times He scored a very tidy 56, which became a mere footnote - rather than a foothold - by the match's end, even if it felt praiseworthy at the time. Times, Sunday Times But the individual voices would slip away, the wistful biographies would be mere footnotes. Globe and Mail Translations: Chinese: 脚注 Japanese: 脚注 |
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