单词 | foot track |
释义 | foot trackn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1600 |
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