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

• 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。
• The explanation in the footnote clarified the difficult sentence.
  注脚的解释澄清这一个困难的句子。
• 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。
• 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”。
• Use standard footnote conventions, giving full bibliographic information for all sources you cite.
  用标准的脚注方法，给出你所引的所有资料详细的书目信息。并提供一份含有相关信息的书目。
• In the examples given throughout this document, footnote or appendix references will appear as a number and letter combination in parentheses.
  在本文给出的示例中，脚注和附录的参考说明可以使用圆括号中数字与字母结合的方法来说明。
• 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。
• The superscript footnote marker comes last, after both the punctuation and the closing quotation mark.
  脚注标记的上标在最后，即标点符号和后引号之后。
• 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。
• 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。