also foot-note, 1841, from foot (n.) "lower end of a document" (1660s) + note (n.). So called from its original position at the foot of a page. Also sometimes formerly bottom note. As a verb, from 1864. Related: Footnoted; footnoting.
雙語例句
1. I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
恐怕他的名字現(xiàn)在會成為歷史的注腳。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A footnote is made at the bottom of the page.
注腳列在書頁下端.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote.
星號是讓讀者參看腳注.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
我補充一句，他有時表現(xiàn)得過分逞強。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The benzene case is discussed only in a footnote in Textile Manufacturers.