footfall

英 [ˈfʊtfɔːl]

美 [ˈfʊtfɔːl]

n.  脚步声; 客流，人流(商店、购物中心等在一段时间内的访客人数)

复数：footfalls　

BNC.33408 / COCA.21869

牛津词典

noun

• 脚步声
  the sound of the steps made by sb walking
• 客流，人流（商店、购物中心等在一段时间内的访客人数）
  the number of people that visit a particular shop/store, shopping centre, etc. over a period of time
  1. a campaign to increase footfall
     旨在增加客流的活动

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 脚步声
  Afootfallis the sound that is made by someone walking each time they take a step.
  1. She heard the priest's familiar, flat footfall on the staircase.
     她听到楼梯上传来牧师那熟悉的单调脚步声。

英英释义

noun

• the sound of a step of someone walking
  1. he heard footsteps on the porch
  Synonym:footstepstep

双语例句

• The Rat's light footfall was presently heard approaching over the parched grass.
  突然干枯的草地上传来了老鼠轻快的脚步声。
• She heard the priest's familiar, flat footfall on the staircase.
  她听到楼梯上传来牧师那熟悉的单调脚步声。
• "There has been great growth in footfall and customer spend of 10 per cent," he said.
  他说：进入购物中心的人数大增，顾客的花费上升了10%。
• Then came the day when she heard a heavy footfall on the first landing, heard somebody running frantically up the first flight of stairs, heard a man's voice shouting something.
  直到有一天，她听到楼梯口传来沉重的脚步声，听到有人慌慌张张跑上第一层的楼梯，还听到有人在叫喊着些什么。
• The content that stair contains is very much, arrive greatly the form of whole space style, baluster, small wait for sort to the form of the design of armrest, footfall and lamps and lanterns.
  楼梯包含的内容很多，大到整个空间格调、栏杆的形式，小到扶手的款式、踏步的形式及灯具等种类。
• I like the footfall of naked feet in the dust, silent as a cat passing.
  我在灰尘中喜欢赤裸脚的脚声，沈默的当做猫通过。
• That earns him a small per-parcel commission but he values the increased footfall even more.
  他在每个包裹上可赚取少许佣金，但相比之下，他更看重因此增加的客流量。
• State-reported wedding receptions were down by 3 per cent year-on-year and jewellery demand was impacted by lower store footfall associated with a weakened gold market and bans on non-personal gift-giving, it said.
  报告称：政府报告的婚礼数量同比减少3%，珠宝需求因商铺客流量下滑、黄金需求市场走弱以及禁止公款送礼而受到影响。
• For example, if you are opening a clothes boutique, you may not be able to forecast the customer footfall accurately. You will however know the peak seasons of trading, but even this is dependent on weather.
  例如你要开一家服装精品店，你可能不知道客流量会怎样，而就算你知道一些，比如交易旺季，这也是随时可变的。
• Presently her footfall die out as she descend to the lower floor.
  当走到下一层楼时，她的脚步声不久就消失了。