Word · Frequency #12146
footprints
脚印；足迹
footprints is the plural of footprint.
a mark left on a surface by a foot or shoe
- 1.
The impression of the foot in a soft substance such as sand or snow.
脚在沙子或雪等柔软物质上留下的印记。
- 2.
a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface
脚印或鞋印
- 3.
Space required by a piece of equipment.
一件设备所需的空间。
- 4.
a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
存在或影响的痕迹
- 5.
The amount of hard drive space required for a program.
程序所需的硬盘空间量。
- 6.
the area taken up by some object
物体占据的区域
- 7.
The audit trail left by a crashed program.
崩溃程序留下的审计跟踪记录。
- 8.
A trace left behind that gives evidence of some action having occurred.
留下可作为某行为发生证据的痕迹。
- 9.
What a person has done before, as a profession or lifestyle, serving as a model for others.
一个人过去的职业或生活方式,为他人提供典范。
- 10.
The surface space occupied by a structure.
建筑物占用的地表面积。
- 11.
A company's geographic market presence.
公司的地理市场覆盖范围。
- 12.
The ecological impact of a human activity, machine, etc.
人类活动、机器等对生态的影响。
- 13.
Availability of a satellite from the ground.
卫星从地面可使用的范围。
- 14.
A polygon representing the shape of an item.
表示物品形状的多边形。
痕迹；印迹；占地面积；占用空间；占用空间；存储空间；崩溃记录；审计踪迹；生态足迹；环境影响
In use
The detective found a footprint in the mud near the window.
The company aims to reduce its carbon footprint by using renewable energy.
This new desk has a smaller footprint than the old one, saving office space.
the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window
the footprints of an earlier civilization
the computer had a desktop footprint of 10 by 16 inches
leave footprints in/on sth
footprint 指具体脚印时，常用复数 footprints。若想强调单个脚印，可说 a footprint。
The dog left muddy footprints on the kitchen floor.
Connections
Collocations
- carbon footprint
- 碳足迹
- Flying less is one way to reduce your carbon footprint.少坐飞机是减少碳足迹的一种方式。
- digital footprint
- 数字足迹，网络痕迹
- Your digital footprint can be hard to erase.你的数字足迹很难消除。
- footprint in the sand
- 沙滩上的脚印
- We found a single footprint in the sand.我们在沙滩上发现了一个单独的脚印。
- ecological footprint
- 生态足迹
- The city's ecological footprint is growing each year.这座城市的生态足迹每年都在扩大。
- footprint of a building
- 建筑的占地面积
- The footprint of the new museum covers two blocks.新博物馆的占地面积覆盖了两个街区。
- leave a footprint
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：脚（foot）踩过泥地留下的打印（print）痕迹就是 footprint，引申为某物留下的影响或占据的空间。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、环保与碳排放讨论、科技或工程说明 footprint 通常是中性用词，没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。它多用于日常描述脚印或足迹，也常见于环保话题（如 carbon footprint）以及技术、工程领域指占地面积或占用空间。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常用搭配：footprint of...
Pronunciation & Spelling
与词尾 /-prɪnt/ 押韵：print、sprint；同样以 /-ɪnt/ 结尾的 hint、mint、flint 也押韵。注意：foot 是第一个音节，不押韵；pint /paɪnt/ 看似属于 -int 拼写，但元音不同。
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.