footprint

noun

/ˈfʊtprɪnt/

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[usually plural] a mark left on a surface by a person’s foot or shoe or by an animal’s foot
- footprints in the sand
- muddy footprints on the kitchen floor
- He could identify any animal from its footprints.
see also carbon footprint, digital footprint
Extra Examples
- The detective found fresh footprints in the mud next to the victim.
- The intruder had left some clear footprints in the flower beds.
- The wet footprints led back to the pool.
- They had fled through the snow, and police had followed their footprints.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- fresh
- muddy
- wet
- …
… of footprints
- set
verb + footprint
- leave
- make
- find
- …
footprint + verb
- lead
See full entry
(also ecological footprint)
a measure of the amount of the earth’s resources used by a person or a population that lives in a particular way
- These countries are so populous that they can have a very big footprint.
the amount of space that something fills
- The warehouse system holds an extensive amount of product in a very small footprint because it was built five levels high.
the area on the earth in which a signal from a communications satellite can be received

单词	footprint
释义	footprint noun /ˈfʊtprɪnt/ /ˈfʊtprɪnt/ jump to other results [usually plural] a mark left on a surface by a person’s foot or shoe or by an animal’s foot footprints in the sand muddy footprints on the kitchen floor He could identify any animal from its footprints. see also carbon footprint, digital footprint Extra Examples The detective found fresh footprints in the mud next to the victim. The intruder had left some clear footprints in the flower beds. The wet footprints led back to the pool. They had fled through the snow, and police had followed their footprints. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective fresh muddy wet … … of footprints set verb + footprint leave make find … footprint + verb lead See full entry (also ecological footprint) a measure of the amount of the earth’s resources used by a person or a population that lives in a particular way These countries are so populous that they can have a very big footprint. the amount of space that something fills The warehouse system holds an extensive amount of product in a very small footprint because it was built five levels high. the area on the earth in which a signal from a communications satellite can be received
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