footprint

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

foot·print [footprint footprints] BrE [ˈfʊtprɪnt] NAmE [ˈfʊtprɪnt] noun
1. usually plural a mark left on a surface by a person's foot or shoe or by an animal's foot
•footprints in the sand
•muddy footprints on the kitchen floor
•He could identify any animal from its footprints.
2. the amount of space that sth fills, for example the amount of space that a computer takes up on a desk
3. the area on the earth in which a signal from a communications ↑satellite can be received

Example Bank:
•Steps must be taken to reduce our carbon footprint.
•The detective found fresh footprints in the mud next to the victim.
•The intruder had left some clear footprints in the flower beds.
•The wet footprints led back to the pool.
•They had fled through the snow, and police had followed their footprints.
•a set of footprints in the sand

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  footmark, step