footnote

英 [ˈfʊtnəʊt]

美 [ˈfʊtnoʊt]

n.  脚注; 次要者

复数：footnotes　过去式：footnoted　现在分词：footnoting　第三人称单数：footnotes　过去分词：footnoted　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10295 / COCA.10131

牛津词典

noun

• 脚注
  an extra piece of information that is printed at the bottom of a page in a book
• 次要者
  that may be remembered but only as sth/sb that is not important

柯林斯词典

• 脚注
  Afootnoteis a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page.
• N-COUNT 补充;补充的信息
  If you refer to what you are saying as afootnote, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned.
  1. As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
     我补充一句，他有时表现得过分逞强。
• N-COUNT 无关紧要的事;次要事件
  If you describe an event as afootnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered.
  1. I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
     恐怕他的名字现在会成为历史的注脚。

英英释义

noun

• a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
  Synonym:footer

verb

• add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
  1. The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel
  Synonym:annotate

双语例句

• A footnote is made at the bottom of the page.
  注脚列在书页下端。
• Click Convert to footnote or convert to endnote.
  单击“转换为脚注”或“转换至尾注”。
• In the note pane list, click footnote continuation notice or endnote continuation notice.
  在注释窗格列表中，单击“脚注延续标记”或“尾注延续标记”。
• I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
  恐怕他的名字现在会成为历史的注脚。
• As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
  我补充一句，他有时表现得过分逞强。
• As a footnote, I should say that he did not actually visit the place himself.
  我应该补充说明一下，他本人其实并没有访问过那个地方。
• Be sure to footnote both argument and evidentiary citations.
  务必要记得，在引用不同论点和证据时，要加上注脚。
• Any comments on the quotation should be in the text or in a footnote.
  关于引用语的任何评论应该放在文本之中或脚注之中。
• In a few years of recent, this company is a footnote nevertheless.
  在最近的几年里，这家公司不过是一个脚注。
• The CHS notation is almost a historical footnote today, because it's a24-bit number.
  今天，CHS标记法几乎成为了老古董，因为它是一个24位的数字。