foot：不止是脚
"Disease come on horseback, but steal away on foot."
——proverb
病来的时候骑着马，病走的时候走着路（病来如山倒，病去如抽丝）
——谚语
一、你知道foot有几种含义吗？
n.
1.脚，足 the lowest part of the leg, below the ankle, on which a person or an animal stands
A man has two feet.
人有两只脚。
2.（袜子的）足部 the part of a sock
3.最下部，基础，底部 the lowest part of sth; the base or bottom of sth
The waves wash the foot of the cliffs.
波浪拍打断崖底部。
4.英尺 a unit for measuring length equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres
Twelve inches make one foot.
12英寸等于1英尺。
5.【术语】音步 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.
亚历山大格式的诗行一个由六步抑扬格写成的，通常在第三音步后有一停顿的英语诗行。
v.
1.步行，走 to go on foot
We're footing it instead of riding.
我们以步代车。
2.做袜底 to make or renew the foot of (as a stocking)
Mother footed the stocking.
妈妈给这袜子换了底。
3.【口】支付（帐单或费用） to pay or stand credit for
Our parents footed the bill for the wedding.
我们的父母亲为婚礼支付了费用。
4.合计为，总计 to add up
The bill footed up to $1,000.
帐单结算总计一千元。
二、你知道foot和哪些词更搭吗？
athlete's foot
n.[医]脚癣
hand and foot
adv.手脚一起,完全,尽力地
board foot
木料英尺，板尺，板英尺
cleft foot
裂足
foot brake
脚刹车，脚踏式制动器，脚踏闸
foot lever
脚踏操纵杆
foot rot
脚腐病，腐蹄病
foot rule
英制尺
foot-and-mouth disease
口蹄疫
square foot
平方英尺
三、接下来，做个填词游戏吧
Can you balance on one ______?
你能独脚站着保持平衡吗?
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