英语词汇“foot for foot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. foot by foot: (originally) step by step; keeping step together; side by side; (later also) by small degrees, bit by bit, gradually. Also †foot for foot, †foot with foot.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > [phrase] > keeping pace with > walking evenly with

foot by footc1450

step for step (with)1785

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1300 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 143 Send with us fot with fot ane legat in-to Engelonde.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 205 The olde also foot bi foot comen thider.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 378 Fit for fit to Forfar all tha fuir.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Pedatim, where one fote goeth with the other, foote by foote.

1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 363 The Muses..never flit, but followe thee, or rather, goe even hande with thee, and treade foote by foote.

a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Epist. Paul to Colossians (1603) xiv. 148 Thou must be well knit vp and fast ioyned with him; or else thou canst neuer goe on foote for foote with him.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 216 Anselme..followed his predecessors steps almost foot by foot.

1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. 726 Magistrates use to offer to go with the Messenger foot for foot, if he can show where the person to be taken is.

1701 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Turks II. vi. ii. 250 The Enemy advanced Foot by Foot to the Ravelin of St. Andrea.

1799 J. Adolphus Biogr. Mem. French Revol. II. 222 Their passage was disputed, foot by foot, by the people within, which occasioned a very great carnage.

1855 W. C. Bennett War Songs 1 Foot by foot, and hour by hour, Onward, brave hearts!—forward go!

1894 Pall Mall Mag. 2 866 Inch by inch, foot by foot, Parpon..climbed the rough wall.

1910 G. M. Baillie Reynolds Out of Night ix. 100 The pretty mare..paced cautiously down to the crystal marge and stepped, foot by foot, into the water.

1944 Life 3 July 13/3 Foot by foot the infantry moved up the hill to the west of Mont du Roc.

2005 M. S. Neiberg Fighting Great War iv. 121 The Caucasus region was too big to defend foot by foot.

单词	foot for foot
释义	> as lemmas foot for foot a. foot by foot: (originally) step by step; keeping step together; side by side; (later also) by small degrees, bit by bit, gradually. Also †foot for foot, †foot with foot. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > [phrase] > keeping pace with > walking evenly with foot by footc1450 step for step (with)1785 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1300 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 143 Send with us fot with fot ane legat in-to Engelonde. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 205 The olde also foot bi foot comen thider. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 378 Fit for fit to Forfar all tha fuir. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Pedatim, where one fote goeth with the other, foote by foote. 1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 363 The Muses..never flit, but followe thee, or rather, goe even hande with thee, and treade foote by foote. a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Epist. Paul to Colossians (1603) xiv. 148 Thou must be well knit vp and fast ioyned with him; or else thou canst neuer goe on foote for foote with him. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 216 Anselme..followed his predecessors steps almost foot by foot. 1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) iv. 726 Magistrates use to offer to go with the Messenger foot for foot, if he can show where the person to be taken is. 1701 D. Jones Compl. Hist. Turks II. vi. ii. 250 The Enemy advanced Foot by Foot to the Ravelin of St. Andrea. 1799 J. Adolphus Biogr. Mem. French Revol. II. 222 Their passage was disputed, foot by foot, by the people within, which occasioned a very great carnage. 1855 W. C. Bennett War Songs 1 Foot by foot, and hour by hour, Onward, brave hearts!—forward go! 1894 Pall Mall Mag. 2 866 Inch by inch, foot by foot, Parpon..climbed the rough wall. 1910 G. M. Baillie Reynolds Out of Night ix. 100 The pretty mare..paced cautiously down to the crystal marge and stepped, foot by foot, into the water. 1944 Life 3 July 13/3 Foot by foot the infantry moved up the hill to the west of Mont du Roc. 2005 M. S. Neiberg Fighting Great War iv. 121 The Caucasus region was too big to defend foot by foot. extracted from footn.int. < as lemmas
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