| 单词 |
footnote |
| 释义 |
ˈfootnote|ˈfʊtnəʊt|
A note or comment inserted at the foot of the text. transf. and fig. Hence ˈfootnote v., to furnish with a footnote or footnotes; to comment on in a footnote. Also footnoted ppl. a., footnoting vbl. n.
1841Savage Dict. Printing 88 Bottom notes..are also termed Foot Notes. 1864Reader 21 May 645, A supplemental little poem..extensively footnoted. Ibid. The result of all this..footnoting and appendix-noting, is that the volume has a most chaotic and bewildering look. 1875E. White Life in Christ iv. xxiv. (1878) 360 To refer in a foot⁓note to the passages..where these words occur. 1892R. L. Stevenson (title) A footnote to history. Eight years of trouble in Samoa. 1893N. & Q. Ser. viii. III. 190 Junius foot-notes a passing attack on Chatham thus. 1935E. V. Lucas in Punch 4 Sept. 269/3 What a glorious possession this Abbey is and what a footnote to history, science and art! 1942Sphere 15 Aug. 220/2 A significant footnote to China's great struggle. 1965Listener 3 June 834/1 Sir Colin Coote's breezy, affectionate life of his friend Walter Elliot provides a useful footnote. |
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