单词 | footprint |
释义 | footprint (fʊtprɪnt ) Word forms: footprints countable noun A footprint is a mark in the shape of a foot that a person or animal makes in or on a surface. The footprints look as if they were made yesterday. Synonyms: impression, mark, track, trace Collocations: environmental footprint As more vehicles go electric, the environmental footprint of the world's power generators will become even more important. Times, Sunday Times There are enough farmers within our own shores growing grainy things to cut this unnecessary layer to our environmental footprint. Times, Sunday Times Now couples are able to calculate the environmental footprint of their nuptials with the aim of creating a zero-carbon event. Times, Sunday Times Our offspring leave an unacceptably large environmental footprint, as well an infernal mess in the bedroom. Times, Sunday Times Its latest report reveals the cost of its environmental footprint in 2013 was €773m. Times, Sunday Times The fossil footprints, discovered during a construction project, confounded the great naturalists of the day. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No other place in the world has fossil footprints of all these different dinosaurs found in a single area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fossil footprints are approximately 140 million years old. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It takes its name from several human fossil footprints. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These dunes appear to be cross-bedded and show various fossil footprints and leaf imprints in many of the strata making up the section. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's because nettles are peculiarly happy on land that bears a human footprint. Times, Sunday Times The only way to tackle those problems would be to start reducing the human footprint year by year as a matter of urgency. Times, Sunday Times Thus even as a richer world turns increasingly to meat and other luxuries, we can cut the human footprint on the planet. Times, Sunday Times Surveys have found hundreds of species of plant and invertebrate within the space of just one human footprint of rough grassland. Times, Sunday Times So the questions are: how will this vast further extension of the human footprint help the environment? Times, Sunday Times These do not reveal someone's full credit report, just a summary, and do not usually leave a footprint. Times, Sunday Times Wind power and solar power, emit no carbon from the operation, but do leave a footprint during construction phase and maintenance during operation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Play it cool and don't leave any footprints, enjoy as much as you can and don't look back. Times, Sunday Times This can be used to search for loans without leaving a footprint. Times, Sunday Times Shame on the company, it then leaves a footprint on a perfect credit record, stopping you from applying elsewhere for a period of time. Times, Sunday Times There's poetry, for those with eyes to see, even in a muddy footprint. Times, Sunday Times This way, they can use the information from the shoe sizes of everyone to find the owner of the muddy footprint left at the scene. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forensic officers were concentrating on muddy footprints in the drive. Times, Sunday Times Muddy footprints and a proliferation of wellies are common sights in the porch at winter, but buyers want to see a clean space where they can envisage their own belongings. Times, Sunday Times Sofas acquire dark spots and carpets are covered in muddy footprints. Times, Sunday Times The wet footprint test involves stepping barefoot in water, then walking naturally over a strip of paper towel. Times, Sunday Times You can tell she's around by her wet footprints. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Her wet footprints were woven into the carpet on the spiral staircase. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He will supposedly disappear, leaving behind a trail of wet footprints. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The men follow the wet footprints and smell into the cellars; on the top step, they find a wriggling maggot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 足迹 Japanese: 足跡 |
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