英语

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a- +‎ foot

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afoot (不可比)

  1. 步行
  2. 用脚,站立着
  3. (比喻義) 发生着,行动着,酝酿着
    There's funny bussiness afoot.
    情况不对劲。

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afoot (無比較級)

  1. (表语) 站着的,发生着的
    • 2011, Maile Chapman, Your Presence Is Requested at Suvanto: A Novel
      Sunny moves through these final days quickly, easily, buoyed by routine even though change is afoot in all directions.
    • 2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, 出自 Modern Railways,第 76 頁:
      Now there are plans afoot to introduce a couple of extra trains to the timetable in December, with the long-term goal of a doubling of the service to eight trains a day.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯

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