foot：不止是腳

"Disease come on horseback, but steal away on foot."

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——proverb

病來的時候騎着馬，病走的時候走着路（病來如山倒，病去如抽絲）

——諺語

一、你知道foot有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.腳，足 [C] the lowest part of the leg, below the ankle, on which a person or an animal stands

A man has two feet.

人有兩隻腳。

2.（襪子的）足部 [C] the part of a sock

3.最下部，基礎，底部 [C] the lowest part of sth; the base or bottom of sth

The waves wash the foot of the cliffs.

波浪拍打斷崖底部。

4.英尺 [C] a unit for measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres

Twelve inches make one foot.

12英寸等於1英尺。

5.【術語】音步 [C] a unit of rhythm in a line of poetry containing one stressed syllable and one or more syllables without stress. Each of the four divisions in the following line is a foot

A line of English verse composed in iambic hexameter,usually with a caesura after the third foot.

亞歷山大格式的詩行一個由六步抑揚格寫成的，通常在第三音步後有一停頓的英語詩行。

v.

1.步行，走 [I,T] to go on foot

We're footing it instead of riding.

我們以步代車。

2.做襪底 [T] to make or renew the foot of (as a stocking)

Mother footed the stocking.

媽媽給這襪子換了底。

3.【口】支付（帳單或費用） [T] to pay or stand credit for

Our parents footed the bill for the wedding.

我們的父母親爲婚禮支付了費用。

4.合計爲，總計 [I] to add up

The bill footed up to $1,000.

帳單結算總計一千元。

二、你知道foot和哪些詞更搭嗎？

athlete's foot

n.[醫]腳癬

hand and foot

adv.手腳一起,完全,盡力地

board foot

木料英尺，板尺，板英尺

cleft foot

裂足

foot brake

腳剎車，腳踏式制動器，腳踏閘

foot lever

腳踏操縱桿

foot rot

腳腐病，腐蹄病

foot rule

英制尺

foot-and-mouth disease

口蹄疫

square foot

平方英尺

三、接下來，做個填詞遊戲吧

Can you balance on one ______?

你能獨腳站着保持平衡嗎?