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单词 foot track
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foot trackn.

Brit. /ˈfʊt trak/, U.S. /ˈfʊt ˌtræk/
Forms: see foot n. and int. and track n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., track n.
Etymology: < foot n. + track n. With sense 1 compare earlier footprint n., footstep n. With sense 2 compare earlier footpath n.
1. Chiefly in plural. A mark or series of marks left by the foot of a person or animal passing from one place to another; a footprint.
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints
scorec1330
tracesc1330
tradea1450
steppings1573
foot track1600
vestigiating1638
tracing1657
society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints > footprint
trod946
lastOE
foot sporeOE
tread?c1225
stepc1290
footstepa1300
solec1325
tracta1547
footprint1552
traces1552
footing1563
foot track1600
accub1623
vestigating1634
vestige1656
seal1686
sign1692
footmark1756
stabble1863
pelmatogram1890
paw print1894
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ix. 349 They found their foote tracks [L. vestigia], leading to all parts of the countrie alike, as being slipt here and there, sundrie and divers wayes.
1756 Whitehall Evening-post 30 Dec. 1755–1 Jan. 1756 When they came in Sight of a Mass-House, they discovered Foot-Tracks lately made.
1851 G. A. Mantell Petrifactions i. §3. 65 The foot-tracks are, for the most part, tridactylous (three-toed).
1914 Southwestern Reporter 162 472/2 It didn't show a track—a boot track—a foot track.
2010 H. Cole Legs Murder Scandal 31 As they trampled the sagebrush..their foot tracks obliterated the muddy ruts left by car tires.
2. A track for pedestrians, a footpath.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path
walking path?a1425
footpatha1450
footwaya1450
foot roada1560
foot passage1614
footstep1620
foot track1672
footwalk1701
foot pavement1743
1672 M. A. Cataplus 5 Instead of going in foot track He carried was 'pon devils back.
1769 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! (ed. 2) I. xx. 210 One of the finest roads, or avenues I ever beheld—..broad enough for three or four carriages to run abreast, with horse and foot tracks.
1778 Mil. Dict. p. vii The foot of these towers was surrounded with a little foot-track.
1884 A. L. Pretorius Let. 21 June in Zululand: Further Corr. 125 in Parl. Papers (C. 4191) LVIII. 469 The severe weather we experienced that day forced me to return, the foottracks being rendered impassable through snow.
1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole 125 I thought I would..quit the beaten foot-track, and strike boldly across country.
1976 R. K. Narayan Painter of Signs (1982) ii. 52 He followed her mutely on the foot-tracks, criss-crossing the mountain-side.
1997 Islands Apr. 134/2 From the small fishing village of Rigleh on the north coast, a foot track winds up into the interior of the island.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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