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flat-footed是什么意思

flat-footed

['flæt'futid]

adj. 扁平足的；直截了当的；断然的；无准备的

英文词源

flat-footed (adj.): c. 1600, "with flat feet;" see flat (adj.) + foot (n.). Meaning "unprepared" is from 1912, U.S. baseball slang, on notion of "not on one's toes;" earlier in U.S. colloquial adverbial use it meant "straightforwardly, downright, resolute" (1828), from notion of "standing firmly."

双语例句

1. Early American weathervanes were most often cut from flat wooden boards.: 美国早期的风向标大多截自平直的木板。

2. Warm weather has attracted the flat fish close to shore.: 煦暖的气候将比目鱼引到了近海。

3. Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.: 两年后，他一贫如洗，靠失业救济金生活。

4. She had small feet and hands and a flat, round face.: 她的手脚都很小，脸又扁又圆。

5. I lay the painting flat to stop the wet paint running.: 我把油画平放以防止未干的颜料流动。