Word · Frequency #10295
footnote
脚注
a printed note at the bottom of a page
- 1.
A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc, to a designated part of the main text.
脚注:通常编号的短文,置于页面底部,对正文指定部分加以评论、引用或参考。
- 2.
a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
印在书页正文下方的注释
- 3.
An event of lesser importance than some larger event to which it is related.
与某更大事件相关但重要性较低的事件。
- 4.
A qualification to the import of something.
对某事物含义的限定。
脚注:通常编号的短文,置于页面底部,对正文指定部分加以评论、引用或参考。；印在书页正文下方的注释；与某更大事件相关但重要性较低的事件。；对某事物含义的限定。；脚注；[计] 脚注
In use
The professor asked us to read the footnotes before the main text.
I added a footnote to explain where the quote came from.
A good footnote can save the reader from a long search.
a footnote to sth
footnote 后接 to，表示所补充或附属于的对象。
The comment was a footnote to his main argument.
这条评论是他主要论点的一个脚注。
a footnote on sth
footnote 后接 on，表示脚注所讨论的主题。
She wrote a footnote on the origins of the term.
她就这个词的起源写了一条脚注。
in a footnote
in a footnote 是常见介词短语，在句中作地点状语，常置于句尾。
Connections
Collocations
- add a footnote
- 添加脚注
- The author added a footnote to explain the unusual term.作者加了一个脚注来解释这个不常见的术语。
- academic footnote
- 学术脚注
- Her essay is filled with academic footnotes that cite many sources.她的论文充满了引用许多来源的学术脚注。
- refer to a footnote
- 查阅脚注
- The reader should refer to the footnote for the full reference.读者应查阅脚注以获取完整的参考信息。
- explanatory footnote
- 解释性脚注
- The book includes an explanatory footnote about the historical context.这本书包含一个关于历史背景的解释性脚注。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a footnote to history
- 历史的注脚；无足轻重的事件或人物The scandal was just a footnote to history.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
foot=脚，note=注释：印在页面底部、正文“脚下”的注释，就是脚注。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：academic writing、published books、formal reports “footnote”作“脚注”讲时，多用于学术论文、书籍和正式文件的书面语境，通常为中性语体，因此这里更偏向中性。日常口语中较少直接使用这个含义，多是在谈论文本或阅读时出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Final sound: note, vote, quote, and remote all share the spelling '-ote' and the /oʊt/ sound, exactly like the '-note' part of footnote. Boat and coat have the same final /oʊt/ sound but use the spelling '-oat'. Beware lookalikes: 'food' (/fuːd/) and 'boot' (/buːt/) have a different vowel from 'foot' (/fʊt/), the first syllable of footnote; also don't confuse 'note' (/noʊt/) with 'not' (/nɑːt/).
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.