footpathn.

Brit.

/ˈfʊtpɑːθ/,

/ˈfʊtpaθ/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtˌpæθ/

Forms: see foot n. and path n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., path n.¹

Etymology: < foot n. + path n.¹ Compare Old Frisian fōtpath (West Frisian fuotpaad), Middle Dutch voetpat (Dutch voetpad), Middle Low German vōtpat, Middle High German vuozphat (German Fußpfad). Compare also post-classical Latin via pedalis (1392 in a British source).

a. A path used chiefly or exclusively by pedestrians; a right of way in the countryside.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path

walking path?a1425

footpatha1450

footwaya1450

foot roada1560

foot passage1614

footstep1620

foot track1672

footwalk1701

foot pavement1743

a1450 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Douce 295) i. l. f. 44^v Ther cam a proude getter ridyng from london & mette with to freris walkyng on a dychis brynke in foot pathe to flen the foule wey.

1492 tr. Dyalogus Salomon & Marcolphus sig. biv^v My fadyr is in the felde and puttyth or settyth thornys in a foot path.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCi Lyke as the fote pathe or way ledeth to the cyte.

a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F4^v Fair louely damsell..which footpath leadeth to the keepers lodge?

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 54 Glost. Knowst thou the way to Douer? Edg. Both stile and gate, horse-way, and foot-path .

1695 tr. M. Misson New Voy. Italy II. 198 Next the Houses..there is a Foot-path fenc'd in by a row of Three hundred Posts.

1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures ii. 93 The Foot Path being narrow, I thrust against a Post.

1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 73 Your poor, narrow foot-path of a street.

1842 J. W. Carlyle Let. 11 Aug. in Lett. & Mem. (1883) I. 156 A foot-path about half-a-yard wide..cuts across the bit of green field.

1890 Times 24 Feb. 13/2 Taylor..was charged on remand with assaulting a young woman named Barnes on a footpath across fields at Little Ilford.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. viii. 151 The number of worm-trails on the footpath after a showery night.

1970 Guardian 30 Jan. 10/2 The footpath that led..through the parkland was a quagmire in places.

2008 National Trust Council Elections 9/1 There will be five open spaces on the development, together with new footpaths and new cycleways.

b. figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action

wayeOE

pathOE

waya1225

tracea1300

line13..

dancea1352

tenor1398

featc1420

faction1447

rink?a1500

footpath1535

trade1536

vein1549

tract1575

course1582

road1600

country dance1613

track1638

steeragea1641

rhumb1666

tack1675

conduct1706

walk1755

wheel-way1829

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxviii. [cxix.] 15 I wil..haue respecte vnto thy fotepathes [L. semitas].

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 287 They make pleasure the foote pathe which they followe.

1633 S. Otes Explan. Generall Epist. St. Iude xxxiv. 435 Some travell thither by the foote-path of righteousnesse, as the Prophets.

1655 F. Teate Scripture-map Wildernesse of Sin iv. 17 Least thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable..as one foot-path of life amongst them all.

1796 J. Collard Essent. of Logic iv. xii. 185 These terms..are often used by those who choose to soar in nubibus, rather than grovel on the footpath of perspicuity.

1863 Good Words Jan. 527/2 Whether by the highway of Prelacy, or the foot-path of Presbytery.., I reach the presence of my Saviour.

1901 M. J. McLeod Heavenly Harmonies ii. 40 The footpath to happiness stretcheth out in the same direction as the footpath to holiness.

1976 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 45 21 What researchers do will ultimately shed some light on the treacherous footpath to improved teaching and learning.

2012 T. Edwards A, B, C's of Deity 34 He reasons with assurance that God's footpath is the pathway to eternity.

c. spec. A paved footpath alongside a street, road, etc.; a pavement, sidewalk.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road

plainstones1611

flanker1682

side pavement1685

footwalk1701

sideway1738

sidewalk1739

pavement1743

banquette1772

footpath1776

trottoir1789

walkway1792

parapet1795

causeway1796

flag-way1800

flags1801

pave1835

flagstone1840

flagging1851

walk1913

pedway1965

1776 Morning Chron. 3 Sept. 1/4 The next General Board..doubled the breadth of the foot-path, and ordered a strong moor stone kirb to part the foot and carriage way.

1813 J. Lambert Trav. Lower Canada & U.S. (ed. 2) II. 56 The street [sc. Broadway, New York] is well paved, and the foot-paths are chiefly bricked.

1860 Leader & Sat. Analyst 14 Apr. 353/2 The visitor may see a trio of officers striding along the footpath of the streets, and forcing all who meet them..into the gutter.

1901 New Irish Jurist & Local Govt. Rev. 22 Nov. 15/1 The defendant was not liable to pay his proportion of the expenses of flagging the footpath of the street.

1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger vi. 50 The city swarm poured over the footpaths and across the taxi's front wheels.

2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 5 We expect children from the age of eight to walk to school on streets with no boundaries, to judge the road from the footpath. There are no curbs and guttering.

†2. Apparently: a stone used as a base or pedestal. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > pedestal

footstoneOE

foot stakea1382

basec1450

pedestal1563

footpath1580

footstall1585

basisa1616

postament1738

footstalk1787

1580 in J. Raine Injunctions & Eccl. Proc. Bishop of Durham (1850) 128 There remaneth in the quere certayne corbile stones which were some time fotte pathes for images.

Compounds

General attributive.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 123 Iog-on, Iog-on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the Stile-a.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xxvii. 180 There is another sort of wild Bee..she lives by foot-path sides.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 281 The foot-path road, the king's highway.

1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 62 The weeping willow seeks a humbler scene—some romantic foot-path bridge, which it half conceals.

1892 Daily News 15 Feb. 5/1 The National Footpath Preservation Society.

1965 I. Nairn & N. Pevsner Sussex (Buildings of Eng.) 272 St Ann's Hill..ends straightaway in the country, then becoming a magnificent footpath walk to Cowdray House.

2012 D. Quammen Spillover lxxiii. 335 Village people and their livestock lived on patches of dirt reached by footpath causeways.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	footpath
释义	footpathn. Brit. /ˈfʊtpɑːθ/, /ˈfʊtpaθ/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/ Forms: see foot n. and path n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: foot n., path n.¹ Etymology: < foot n. + path n.¹ Compare Old Frisian fōtpath (West Frisian fuotpaad), Middle Dutch voetpat (Dutch voetpad), Middle Low German vōtpat, Middle High German vuozphat (German Fußpfad). Compare also post-classical Latin via pedalis (1392 in a British source). 1. a. A path used chiefly or exclusively by pedestrians; a right of way in the countryside. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path walking path?a1425 footpatha1450 footwaya1450 foot roada1560 foot passage1614 footstep1620 foot track1672 footwalk1701 foot pavement1743 a1450 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Douce 295) i. l. f. 44^v Ther cam a proude getter ridyng from london & mette with to freris walkyng on a dychis brynke in foot pathe to flen the foule wey. 1492 tr. Dyalogus Salomon & Marcolphus sig. biv^v My fadyr is in the felde and puttyth or settyth thornys in a foot path. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCi Lyke as the fote pathe or way ledeth to the cyte. a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. F4^v Fair louely damsell..which footpath leadeth to the keepers lodge? 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xv. 54 Glost. Knowst thou the way to Douer? Edg. Both stile and gate, horse-way, and foot-path . View more context for this quotation 1695 tr. M. Misson New Voy. Italy II. 198 Next the Houses..there is a Foot-path fenc'd in by a row of Three hundred Posts. 1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures ii. 93 The Foot Path being narrow, I thrust against a Post. 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 73 Your poor, narrow foot-path of a street. 1842 J. W. Carlyle Let. 11 Aug. in Lett. & Mem. (1883) I. 156 A foot-path about half-a-yard wide..cuts across the bit of green field. 1890 Times 24 Feb. 13/2 Taylor..was charged on remand with assaulting a young woman named Barnes on a footpath across fields at Little Ilford. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. viii. 151 The number of worm-trails on the footpath after a showery night. 1970 Guardian 30 Jan. 10/2 The footpath that led..through the parkland was a quagmire in places. 2008 National Trust Council Elections 9/1 There will be five open spaces on the development, together with new footpaths and new cycleways. b. figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] > (a) course of conduct or action wayeOE pathOE waya1225 tracea1300 line13.. dancea1352 tenor1398 featc1420 faction1447 rink?a1500 footpath1535 trade1536 vein1549 tract1575 course1582 road1600 country dance1613 track1638 steeragea1641 rhumb1666 tack1675 conduct1706 walk1755 wheel-way1829 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cxviii. [cxix.] 15 I wil..haue respecte vnto thy fotepathes [L. semitas]. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 287 They make pleasure the foote pathe which they followe. 1633 S. Otes Explan. Generall Epist. St. Iude xxxiv. 435 Some travell thither by the foote-path of righteousnesse, as the Prophets. 1655 F. Teate Scripture-map Wildernesse of Sin iv. 17 Least thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable..as one foot-path of life amongst them all. 1796 J. Collard Essent. of Logic iv. xii. 185 These terms..are often used by those who choose to soar in nubibus, rather than grovel on the footpath of perspicuity. 1863 Good Words Jan. 527/2 Whether by the highway of Prelacy, or the foot-path of Presbytery.., I reach the presence of my Saviour. 1901 M. J. McLeod Heavenly Harmonies ii. 40 The footpath to happiness stretcheth out in the same direction as the footpath to holiness. 1976 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 45 21 What researchers do will ultimately shed some light on the treacherous footpath to improved teaching and learning. 2012 T. Edwards A, B, C's of Deity 34 He reasons with assurance that God's footpath is the pathway to eternity. c. spec. A paved footpath alongside a street, road, etc.; a pavement, sidewalk. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > foot(-)path > by side of street or road plainstones1611 flanker1682 side pavement1685 footwalk1701 sideway1738 sidewalk1739 pavement1743 banquette1772 footpath1776 trottoir1789 walkway1792 parapet1795 causeway1796 flag-way1800 flags1801 pave1835 flagstone1840 flagging1851 walk1913 pedway1965 1776 Morning Chron. 3 Sept. 1/4 The next General Board..doubled the breadth of the foot-path, and ordered a strong moor stone kirb to part the foot and carriage way. 1813 J. Lambert Trav. Lower Canada & U.S. (ed. 2) II. 56 The street [sc. Broadway, New York] is well paved, and the foot-paths are chiefly bricked. 1860 Leader & Sat. Analyst 14 Apr. 353/2 The visitor may see a trio of officers striding along the footpath of the streets, and forcing all who meet them..into the gutter. 1901 New Irish Jurist & Local Govt. Rev. 22 Nov. 15/1 The defendant was not liable to pay his proportion of the expenses of flagging the footpath of the street. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger vi. 50 The city swarm poured over the footpaths and across the taxi's front wheels. 2004 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 18 Mar. 5 We expect children from the age of eight to walk to school on streets with no boundaries, to judge the road from the footpath. There are no curbs and guttering. †2. Apparently: a stone used as a base or pedestal. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > condition of being placed under > that which lies under > base on which a thing rests > pedestal footstoneOE foot stakea1382 basec1450 pedestal1563 footpath1580 footstall1585 basisa1616 postament1738 footstalk1787 1580 in J. Raine Injunctions & Eccl. Proc. Bishop of Durham (1850) 128 There remaneth in the quere certayne corbile stones which were some time fotte pathes for images. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 123 Iog-on, Iog-on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the Stile-a. View more context for this quotation 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. xxvii. 180 There is another sort of wild Bee..she lives by foot-path sides. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 281 The foot-path road, the king's highway. 1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery I. 62 The weeping willow seeks a humbler scene—some romantic foot-path bridge, which it half conceals. 1892 Daily News 15 Feb. 5/1 The National Footpath Preservation Society. 1965 I. Nairn & N. Pevsner Sussex (Buildings of Eng.) 272 St Ann's Hill..ends straightaway in the country, then becoming a magnificent footpath walk to Cowdray House. 2012 D. Quammen Spillover lxxiii. 335 Village people and their livestock lived on patches of dirt reached by footpath causeways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). footpathv. Brit. /ˈfʊtpɑːθ/, /ˈfʊtpaθ/, U.S. /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: footpath n. Etymology: < footpath n. transitive. To provide with or turn into a footpath or footpaths. Also with over. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [verb (transitive)] > make footpath across footpath1844 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 93 This shall..Turn back your rivers, footpath all your seas. 1913 Brit. Archit. 21 Nov. 366/2 The present way for vehicles into the Mall would be footpathed over. 1995 R. Annear Bearbrass (2005) iii. 40 In 1845..Flinders Lane was finally banked, surfaced, guttered and footpathed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1450v.1844
随便看	trunkbreeches trunkbuddle trunkcabin trunkcall trunkcase trunkcastor trunkcheck trunkdealer trunkdeck trunkdiameter trunkdrainage trunked trunkengine trunker trunkfish trunkfishes trunkful trunkfuls trunkglacier trunkglass trunkhole trunkhose trunkhosed trunkie trunking

footpathn.

Compounds

footpathv.