early 13c., "footprint," from foot (n.) + step (n.). Meaning "a tread or fall of the foot" is first attested 1530s. Figurative expression to follow in (someone's) footsteps is from 1540s.
权威例句
1. A footstep in the snow. Madame Defarge.
雪地里有脚步声, 是德伐日太太.
2. Ruth listened and started nervously at every passing footstep.
露丝谛听着,每次有脚步声过去她就心惊肉跳.
3. I listened for a footstep.
我留心听着脚步声.
4. The store is just a footstep away.
那爿店仅一步之遥.
5. Want kick out heart with the hurried footstep of lose.