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单词 sure-footed
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Definition of sure-footed in English:

sure-footed

adjective ˌsɔːˈfʊtɪdˈʃʊ(ə)r fʊdəd
  • 1Unlikely to stumble or slip.

    tough, sure-footed hill ponies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sure-footed animal was easily kept and many a child owed its life to the milk of the humble goat.
    • In one of the many smugly tended, overpriced noodle shops we met Bob, a guide as sure-footed as a mountain goat.
    • The footpath surface, rather the lack of it, can hamper even the most sure-footed of the city's pedestrians.
    • Leaving their overnight camp by the riverbed, they turn their sure-footed local steeds toward the steep, rocky outline of the Spur.
    • The unpaved roads into Avante are so rough, the local police use sure-footed horses on their patrols.
    • Like all our horses, my mount Brown is superbly fit and sure-footed.
    • The famous hardy and sure-footed Basotho ponies can take visitors into areas not accessible by road.
    • Once sure-footed, their step is now a confused, uncertain stagger, like a drunk slaloming from house to house in searching for his own front door.
    1. 1.1 Confident and competent.
      the challenges of the 1990s demand a responsible and sure-footed government
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I will shine the lantern along your path so you feel confident and sure-footed with each step you take.
      • Let your character be more self-reliant, sure-footed, sharper.
      • These are sure-footed lyrics, confidently placed in their musical context, and telling their stories by phrasing just as much as the words.
      • On average, the Bush campaign has been more sure-footed, but both sides have had stumbles.

Derivatives

  • sure-footedly

  • adverb
    • Butler guides readers sure-footedly through the immensely difficult terrain of these rapidly transforming societies.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He then turned, ignoring Brant's look of disapproval, and carried her sure-footedly inside.
      • More often than not, Martin manages to land sure-footedly but still sprinting.
      • His deliberately understated portrait of Eton, carefully crafted to be accurate but not so arcane as to alienate readers from other schools, set the Dance sequence sure-footedly on its path.
      • We're calling it a reported essay - something that distills reporting and presents it sure-footedly.
  • sure-footedness

  • nounˌʃʊəˈfʊtɪdnəsˌʃɔːˈfʊtɪdnəs
    • Even following this approach there are plenty of wrong turns one could take - wrong turns that, with a remarkable sure-footedness, Zanker deftly avoids.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is just the opposite - a sense of sure-footedness and balance that is often the defining trait of people of great character and impeccable integrity.
      • In performance, the Touareg can tackle gradients up to 100 percent - and it has the sure-footedness to navigate lateral slope angles as high as 45 degrees.
      • It's not too difficult to guess that the heron's lack of sure-footedness reflects Denerley's current state of mind.
      • There are handrails on each side of the radar arch and on the side of the windshield but moving from the cockpit to the foredeck requires sure-footedness and shouldn't be attempted while under way.

Rhymes

barefooted, club-footed, light-footed, splay-footed, wrong-footed
 
 

Definition of sure-footed in US English:

sure-footed

adjectiveˈSHo͝o(ə)r fo͝odədˈʃʊ(ə)r fʊdəd
  • 1Unlikely to stumble or slip.

    tough, sure-footed ponies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leaving their overnight camp by the riverbed, they turn their sure-footed local steeds toward the steep, rocky outline of the Spur.
    • The famous hardy and sure-footed Basotho ponies can take visitors into areas not accessible by road.
    • The unpaved roads into Avante are so rough, the local police use sure-footed horses on their patrols.
    • The footpath surface, rather the lack of it, can hamper even the most sure-footed of the city's pedestrians.
    • In one of the many smugly tended, overpriced noodle shops we met Bob, a guide as sure-footed as a mountain goat.
    • The sure-footed animal was easily kept and many a child owed its life to the milk of the humble goat.
    • Once sure-footed, their step is now a confused, uncertain stagger, like a drunk slaloming from house to house in searching for his own front door.
    • Like all our horses, my mount Brown is superbly fit and sure-footed.
    1. 1.1 Confident and competent.
      the challenges of the 1990s demand a responsible and sure-footed government
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Let your character be more self-reliant, sure-footed, sharper.
      • I will shine the lantern along your path so you feel confident and sure-footed with each step you take.
      • On average, the Bush campaign has been more sure-footed, but both sides have had stumbles.
      • These are sure-footed lyrics, confidently placed in their musical context, and telling their stories by phrasing just as much as the words.
 
 
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