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flat-footed

['flæt'futid]

adj. 扁平足的；直截了当的；断然的；无准备的

英英释义

1. with feet flat on the ground; not tiptoe

2. unprepared and unable to react quickly;: "the new product caught their competitors flat-footed"

3. having broad flat feet that usually turn outward;: "a slow flat-footed walk"

4. without reservation;: "a flat-footed refusal"

实用场景例句

He told me I was flat-footed.: 他告诉我说我是平足。

They were caught flat-footed by the attack.: 他们冷不防遭到了攻击。

The teacher's question caught him flat - footed.: 老师的讯问使他仓皇失措.

All babies look flat-footed and when they walk the whole sole touches the ground.: 婴儿们看上去都是平足，他们走路的时候整个脚掌都着地。

We were all caught flat - footed when the colonel made a surprise inspection.: 上校突然来视察,我们被当场抓住.

This prisoner was trying to escape but was caught flat - footed in attempt.: 囚犯企图逃走,但在逃跑中被抓住了.

His speed and skill makes other players look flat - footed.: 他速度快、技术好,使其他运动员相形见绌.

The new product caught their competitors flat - footed.: 他们的新产品令竞争对手措手不及.

This technique is sometimes called flat footed.: 这个技巧有时候被称为平足(姑且这么翻译吧).

Her questions have caught the department chairperson flat - footed.: (她的问题,使系主任惊讶.)

Then suddenly I saw the two women and run frantically , their movements and flat footed.: 不一会,我突然看到那两个妇女转身没命地往屋后跑, 动作笨拙,拖拽着脚步.

Research Division Hanison seamless steel market price of the lowered speed, the steel companies flat - footed.: 兴胜无缝管研究师目前市场的钢铁价格降价之快, 把钢铁企业打了个措手不及.

I'm your friend and I'll come out flat - footed and say what I think.: 我是你的朋友,我会直截了当,心里有什么就说什么.

Two of the prisoners were trying to escape but were caught flat - footed in the attempt.: 有两个囚犯企图逃走,但就在逃跑当中被抓获了.

One low side of the hill was a sparsely connected system: flat - footed and stagnant.: 在山的低侧,一边是松散连接的系统: 不敏感而且死气沉沉.

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。

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."