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

fleet-footed

adjective
  • Nimble and fast on one's feet.

    the fleet-footed sprinter ran full out
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even the waiters, prim and proper and offering excellent service during the day, turn into veritable fleet-footed dancers in the evening, even dragging guests on to the floor.
    • The fleet-footed animal is used along with the tortoise in the Aesop fable as examples of fast and slow.
    • That team was distinct from the fluid, fleet-footed one that lanced Livingston the week before.
    • Rather, it is a tribute to those giants of the game who bring rugby's fleet-footed athletes to their knees with crunching tackles.
    • Certainly a drier day would have suited their fleet-footed three-quarter line.
    • A solitary messenger, no doubt one of those accompanying the hunting party, rode up on a swift, fleet-footed grey horse.
    • But the fleet-footed winger was adjudged to have stepped into touch and the try was chalked off.
    • If the fleet-footed doctors hadn't been on hand Zanardi would have died there and then - his heart stopped beating three times.
    • But he's looking really good now and worried even the fleet-footed Australian batsmen.
    • The fleet-footed youngster, who has been unlucky with injuries this season, certainly impressed Barrow with his efforts in the week.
    • A nimble and fleet-footed attack-minded midfielder, he bagged seven goals in just 19 starts and having just turned 20 is expected to get better and better.
    • With her tiny frame and fleet-footed nature, she easily spun webs around opposing players as she dribbled her way through on the hunt for goals.
    • Burke, of course, was a fleet-footed winger, who as a teenager coming through the ranks at Kilmarnock, was hailed as one of the most promising prospects in Scottish football.
    • He says future biomechanical studies of fossils like the recently found foot bones could determine just how fleet-footed large terror birds were.
    • ‘We'll have to take off our packs to go any farther,’ says Matt Dalziel, my fleet-footed Aussie partner.
    • I don't know if you remember what he looked like, but I wouldn't describe him as being fleet-footed.
    • This ability to be fleet-footed in attack characterised St. Aidans game throughout and left Castlecomer playing catch-up so often in the first two quarters.
    Synonyms
    nimble, agile, deft, lithe, limber, lissom, acrobatic, supple, light-footed, nimble-footed, light, light of foot, light on one's feet, spry, sprightly, lively, active
 
 

Definition of fleet-footed in US English:

fleet-footed

adjectiveˌflitˈfʊdədˌflētˈfo͝odəd
  • Nimble and fast on one's feet.

    the fleet-footed sprinter captured his third gold medal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘We'll have to take off our packs to go any farther,’ says Matt Dalziel, my fleet-footed Aussie partner.
    • Certainly a drier day would have suited their fleet-footed three-quarter line.
    • But he's looking really good now and worried even the fleet-footed Australian batsmen.
    • A solitary messenger, no doubt one of those accompanying the hunting party, rode up on a swift, fleet-footed grey horse.
    • A nimble and fleet-footed attack-minded midfielder, he bagged seven goals in just 19 starts and having just turned 20 is expected to get better and better.
    • The fleet-footed animal is used along with the tortoise in the Aesop fable as examples of fast and slow.
    • That team was distinct from the fluid, fleet-footed one that lanced Livingston the week before.
    • He says future biomechanical studies of fossils like the recently found foot bones could determine just how fleet-footed large terror birds were.
    • Burke, of course, was a fleet-footed winger, who as a teenager coming through the ranks at Kilmarnock, was hailed as one of the most promising prospects in Scottish football.
    • Even the waiters, prim and proper and offering excellent service during the day, turn into veritable fleet-footed dancers in the evening, even dragging guests on to the floor.
    • If the fleet-footed doctors hadn't been on hand Zanardi would have died there and then - his heart stopped beating three times.
    • The fleet-footed youngster, who has been unlucky with injuries this season, certainly impressed Barrow with his efforts in the week.
    • I don't know if you remember what he looked like, but I wouldn't describe him as being fleet-footed.
    • But the fleet-footed winger was adjudged to have stepped into touch and the try was chalked off.
    • With her tiny frame and fleet-footed nature, she easily spun webs around opposing players as she dribbled her way through on the hunt for goals.
    • Rather, it is a tribute to those giants of the game who bring rugby's fleet-footed athletes to their knees with crunching tackles.
    • This ability to be fleet-footed in attack characterised St. Aidans game throughout and left Castlecomer playing catch-up so often in the first two quarters.
    Synonyms
    nimble, agile, deft, lithe, limber, lissom, acrobatic, supple, light-footed, nimble-footed, light, light of foot, light on one's feet, spry, sprightly, lively, active
 
 
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