footpath

noun
🔊/ˈfʊtpɑːθ/
🔊/ˈfʊtpæθ/
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  1. (especially British English) a path that is made for people to walk along, especially in the country(尤指乡间的)人行小道
    • a public footpath人行道
    see also long-distance footpath, public footpath
    Extra Examples
    • The footpath runs along the canal.小路沿着运河延伸。
    • We walked along the footpath.我们沿着人行小径走。
    • the footpath through the wood穿过树林的人行小径
    • Follow the marked footpath.顺着有标记的小路走。
    • It was an isolated church reached by a footpath across the fields.那是一个孤立的教堂,一条小径穿过田野。
    • The house is a mile off the road along a muddy footpath.这房子沿着一条泥泞的小路在路上一英里处。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • public
    • long-distance
    verb + footpath
    • follow
    • take
    • use
    footpath + verb
    • follow something
    • lead
    • run
    footpath + noun
    • network
    • system
    preposition
    • along a/​the footpath
    • by (a/​the) footpath
    • down a/​the footpath
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  2. (Australian English, New Zealand English, British English) a flat part at the side of a road for people to walk on; a pavement(尤指乡间的)人行小道
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • public
    • long-distance
    verb + footpath
    • follow
    • take
    • use
    footpath + verb
    • follow something
    • lead
    • run
    footpath + noun
    • network
    • system
    preposition
    • along a/​the footpath
    • by (a/​the) footpath
    • down a/​the footpath
    See full entry