Word · Frequency #19318
Fully loadedafoot
在进行中;酝酿中
核心释义
currently in progress
- 1.
That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.
徒步的;步行的;徒步的;在进行中的;活动中的
用法In use
Something is afoot in the quiet town, but no one knows exactly what.
用法提示:afoot 此处为形容词作表语,表示‘在进行中’。
There are plans afoot to build a new park near the river.
用法提示:afoot 放在名词 plans 后作后置定语,表示‘正在酝酿的’。
The company has several projects afoot, including a new mobile app.
用法提示:afoot 作后置定语修饰 projects,表达‘正在进行中的’。
be afoot
形容词用法,作表语,表示“正在进行、酝酿中”,常见于新闻或正式语体。
Big changes are afoot in the company.
公司里正酝酿着重大变革。
there be sth afoot
常用 there be + 名词 + afoot 结构,强调某项行动或计划正在进行。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- something is afoot
- 有情况在发生;有事情在酝酿
- Something is afoot. I can feel it.有事情在发生,我能感觉到。
- plans are afoot
- 计划正在进行中
- Plans are afoot to celebrate the school's centenary.庆祝学校百年校庆的计划正在酝酿中。
- changes are afoot
- 变革正在进行;即将发生变化
- Major changes are afoot in the company.公司内部正在酝酿重大变革。
- rumors are afoot
- 谣言四起;流言在传播
- Rumors are afoot about a merger.关于合并的谣言四起。
- set something afoot
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 a foot:事情像抬脚迈步一样正在推进(进行中);也可记作用脚走路(徒步)。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:adj: news reports and formal updates about plans or events、adj: literary descriptions of someone traveling on foot、adv: formal or literary writing meaning on foot afoot 作形容词时多表示“在进行中/酝酿中”,常用于新闻或正式表达;表示“徒步的/徒步”时则比较正式,多出现在文学或书面语中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 afoot 同韵(/ʊt/)的词有 foot、put、underfoot。注意 boot(/buːt/)、root(/ruːt/)拼写以 -oot 结尾但元音是长 /uː/,afloat(/əˈfloʊt/)元音为 /oʊ/。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.