also foot-note, 1841, from foot (n.) "lower end of a document" (1660s) + note (n.). So called from its original position at the foot of a page. Also sometimes formerly bottom note. As a verb, from 1864. Related: Footnoted; footnoting.
权威例句
1. I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
恐怕他的名字现在会成为历史的注脚。
2. A footnote is made at the bottom of the page.
注脚列在书页下端.
3. The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote.
星号是让读者参看脚注.
4. As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
我补充一句,他有时表现得过分逞强。
5. The benzene case is discussed only in a footnote in Textile Manufacturers.