He wore a pendant with the five-pointed star and lightning bolt of Xaphista, and leapt to his feet when Damin entered the tent.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
The King leapt to his feet with a relieved smile at the sight of him.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
She turned to find Tamylan by the fire, warming her hands and swaying on her feet.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
The testimony is that this is a distance of five feet at the most.
Lisa Scottoline ROUGH JUSTICE (2001)
In other languages
feet
British English: feet /fiːt/ NOUN
Your feet are the parts of your body that are at the ends of your legs, and that you stand on.
We danced until our feet were sore.
American English: feet
Arabic: أَقْدام
Brazilian Portuguese: pés
Chinese: 脚
Croatian: stopala
Czech: chodidla
Danish: fødder
Dutch: voeten
European Spanish: pies
Finnish: jalat
French: pieds
German: Füße
Greek: πόδια
Italian: piedi
Japanese: 足
Korean: 발
Norwegian: føtter
Polish: stopy
European Portuguese: pés
Romanian: picioare
Russian: стопы
Latin American Spanish: pies
Swedish: fötter
Thai: เท้า
Turkish: ayaklar
Ukrainian: ступня
Vietnamese: chân
All related terms of 'feet'
foot
Your feet are the parts of your body that are at the ends of your legs, and that you stand on.
Blackfoot
a member of a group of Native American peoples formerly living in the northwestern Plains
acre-feet
the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot: equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
cold feet
loss or lack of courage or confidence
flat feet
feet affected by a condition in which the entire sole of the foot is able to touch the ground because of flattening of the instep arch
web feet
webbed feet or toes have a piece of skin between the toes
cat's-feet
a European plant, Antennaria dioica, with whitish woolly leaves and heads of typically white flowers: family Asteraceae ( composites )
change feet
to put on different shoes , boots , etc
crow's feet
Crow's feet are → wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
itchy feet
If you have itchy feet , you have a strong desire to leave a place and to travel .
webbed feet
webbed feet or toes have a piece of skin between the toes
stocking feet
→ another name for stockinged feet
feet of clay
If you say that a person who is respected or admired has feet of clay or has clay feet , you mean that they have serious faults which you or other people did not know about before.
on your feet
If you are on your feet , you are standing up.
stockinged feet
→ in your stockinged feet
to your feet
If you get or rise to your feet , you stand up.
drag your feet to drag your heels
If you drag your feet or drag your heels , you delay doing something or do it very slowly because you do not want to do it.
find your feet
to become more confident and learn what to do in a new situation
get cold feet
to be unsure whether you want to do something, or to become too nervous and worried to do it
get itchy feet
to become bored with the place or situation that you are in, and want to move somewhere new or start doing something new
on one's feet
standing up
to one's feet
to a standing position
ice foot
a narrow belt of ice permanently attached to the coast in polar regions
at someone's feet
as someone's disciple
drag one's feet
to act with deliberate slowness
find one's feet
to become capable or confident , as in a new job
have itchy feet
to be restless ; have a desire to travel
put your feet up
If you put your feet up , you relax or have a rest , especially by sitting or lying with your feet supported off the ground .
to get cold feet
If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail .
under your feet
If you say that someone is under your feet , you are annoyed because they are with you or near you, and are bothering you.
acre-foot
the volume of water that would cover an area of 1 acre to a depth of 1 foot : equivalent to 43 560 cubic feet or 1233.5 cubic metres
back foot
→ on the back foot
bird's-foot
a European leguminous plant, Ornithopus perpusillus , with small red-veined white flowers and curved pods resembling a bird's claws
board foot
a unit of board measure: the cubic content of a piece of wood one foot square and one inch thick
claw foot
a foot with claws
club foot
If someone has a club foot , they are born with a badly twisted foot.
polt-foot
having a club foot
spade foot
a spadelike projection at the end of a chair leg
tube foot
any of numerous tubular outgrowths of the body wall of most echinoderms that are used as organs of locomotion and respiration and to aid ingestion of food
caa the feet frae
to send (a person) sprawling
dead on your feet
extremely tired
fall on one's feet
to emerge unexpectedly well from a difficult situation
fall on your feet
to find yourself in a good situation, which you think is the result of luck and not your own efforts
get one's feet wet
to begin to participate in something
get your feet wet
to get involved in something or experience something for the first time
have two left feet
to be very clumsy
out on one's feet
dazed or stunned , but still standing
put one's feet up
to rest
self-levelling feet
(on furniture , washing-machines, etc) a foot that adjusts to let the item in question stand in a steady position
think on your feet
to make good decisions and achieve things without having to think about them or plan them first
Chinese translation of 'feet'
feet
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foot
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Word forms:plfeet
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(c) (= measure) 英尺 (yīngchǐ)
⇒ a man over 6 feet tall一个6英尺多高的男子 (yī gè liù yīngchǐ duō gāo de nánzǐ)
(c)[of person]脚(腳) (jiǎo) (只, zhī)
(c)[of animal]蹄 (tí) (个(個), gè)
(c)[of bed]放脚(腳)的一头(頭) (fàngjiǎo de yī tóu)
(s)[of cliff, hill, stairs]最底部 (zuìdǐbù)
vt
to foot the bill付账(賬) (fùzhàng)
on foot步行 (bùxíng)
to be on one's feet (standing) 站起来(來) (zhàn qǐlái)
to get or rise to one's feet站起来(來) (zhàn qǐlái)
to get back on one's feet (after illness, bad experience) 恢复(復)元气(氣) (huīfù yuánqì)
to find one's feet (fig) 适(適)应(應) (shìyìng)
to put one's foot down (in car, = accelerate) 踩油门(門) (cǎi yóumén) (= say no) 坚(堅)决(決)反对(對) (jiānjué fǎnduì)
to put one's feet up (= relax) 双(雙)脚(腳)平搁(擱)起来(來)休息 (shuāngjiǎo pínggē qǐlái xiūxi)
to set foot somewhere去某处(處) (qù mǒuchù)
to stand on one's own two feet自力更生 (zì lì gēng shēng)
at the foot of the page在页(頁)脚(腳) (zài yèjiǎo)
All related terms of 'feet'
foot
[ c ] ( measure ) 英尺 yīngchǐ ⇒ a man over 6 feet tall → 一个6英尺多高的男子 yī gè liù yīngchǐ duō gāo de nánzǐ