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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·der·foot /ˌʌndəˈfʊt $ -ər-/ adverb  1 UNDER/BELOWunder your feet where you are walking 在脚下wet/firm/soft etc underfoot The wet wood is very slippery underfoot. 脚下的湿木头很滑。2 trample somebody/something underfoot a) SQUASHto crush someone or something on the ground by stepping heavily on them 把某人/某物踩在脚下 b) DESTROYto completely destroy someone or something 彻底毁灭某人/某物
Examples from the Corpus
underfootHow can I get anything done with all these kids underfoot?The pine needles were soft underfoot.Arriving at the foot of the ladder, Grant's feet crunched in a sprinkling of fresh soil underfoot.Between the viaduct and the seafront you crush the brittle flowers underfoot.The bedding, which resembled black seaweed, oozed underfoot.The problem is not, as you might think, that the butterflies are being trampled underfoot.The sky was clear, the stars were beautiful and the snow creaked underfoot.They swirled about us, rumbling overhead and underfoot, then drifted past.The ground underfoot was harder, almost dry.wet/firm/soft etc underfootThe pine needles were soft underfoot.The soil was dry and firm underfoot.This was open desert, and there was not a dune in sight and it was firm underfoot.
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underfoot
underfoot /ˌʌndəˈfʊt $ -ər-/ adverb
1. under your feet where you are walking
    wet/firm/soft etc underfoot
    The wet wood is very slippery underfoot.
2. trample somebody/something underfoot
  a. to crush someone or something on the ground by stepping heavily on them
  b. to completely destroy someone or something


under·footBrE /ˌʌndəˈfʊt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌndərˈfʊt/ 🔊 adverbunder your feet; on the ground where you are walking 在脚下;在(脚下的)地面上The ground was dry and firm underfoot. 脚下踩的土地又干又硬。🔊🔊I was nearly trampled underfoot by the crowd of people rushing for the door. 冲向大门的人群险些把我踩在脚下。🔊🔊