footingn. 1. footsteps 腳步,腳步聲。 △Mer.5.1.24:“ But hark,Ihear the footing of a man.”但是,聽(tīng),我聽(tīng)見(jiàn)一個(gè)人的腳步聲。 2. landing,arrival 登陸,到達(dá)。 △Oth.2.1.76:“Whosefooting here anticipates our thoughts”,她來(lái)得比我們的想像要早。 3. foothold立腳處, △R.III.1.4.16: “As we pacedalong / Upon the giddy footing of the hatches.”當(dāng)我們正在那使人頭暈?zāi)垦5募装迳闲凶摺?/p> 
footing of a sword or spear set footing: gain a foothold or firm position站穩(wěn)立足點(diǎn)。 △1H.VI.3.3.64: “When Talbot hath set footingonce in France”,當(dāng)塔爾博特一旦在法蘭西站穩(wěn)了立足點(diǎn)。 |