Word · Frequency #459
footing
支付;付账
footing is the present participle of foot.
核心释义
to pay for something, especially a bill
- 1.
为某事付款
pay for something
- 2.
步行,走
walk
- 3.
把一列数字相加
add a column of numbers
步行;走;把…加起来;加总;为某事付款;步行,走;把一列数字相加
用法In use
He footed the bill for our vacation.
用法提示:foot the bill 表示支付费用
We footed it through the woods.
用法提示:foot it 表示步行
She footed her way up the steep hill.
用法提示:foot one's way 表示步行
foot the bill
固定搭配,意为‘付账、承担费用’。
The company footed the bill for the entire team.
公司支付了整个团队的账单。
foot it
非正式表达,意为‘步行’或‘跳舞’。
We missed the last bus and had to foot it home.
我们错过了末班车,只好步行回家。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- foot the bill
- 付账;买单
- The company footed the bill for the training.公司为培训付了账。
- foot it
- 步行;走着去
- We missed the bus, so we had to foot it.我们错过了公交车,所以只好步行。
- foot a column
- 把一列数字相加
- The accountant footed the column of expenses.会计把费用一栏的数字加了起来。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- foot the bill
- 承担费用;付款The company had to foot the bill for the damage.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记动词foot:脚(foot)走路→步行;foot the bill联想用脚踩住账单→付款;一列数字像脚印排成一列→加总。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:paying for something、walking、adding a column of numbers 作动词时,“foot”的不同含义语域不同:付账(foot the bill)在口语中较常见;步行(foot it)较正式或带文学色彩;把数字加总(foot up)多用于会计或算术语境。通常应根据搭配和场景选择,不能一概而论。
语法说明Grammar Note
作动词时,常见于短语如'foot the bill'(付账),及物或不及物。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 foot 押韵(均读 /ʊt/):soot、put。有相同元音 /ʊ/ 但结尾不同(不押韵):book、took、look(/ʊk/)。拼写相近但读音不同:boot /buːt/(长音 /uː/),注意避免混淆。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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