footnote
英 [ˈfʊtnəʊt]
[NOUN]
footnotes
1. [C 可数名词] 脚注
A footnote is a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page.
双语例句
例：Chaumette then added a footnote to the document.
肖梅特又在文件中加了一个脚注。
例：a footnote in the Byzantine Book of Hours.
《拜占庭祈祷书》中的一个脚注。
2. [C 可数名词] 补充说明
If you refer to what you are saying as a footnote, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned.
双语例句
例：As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
作为补充说明，我应该再加一点，他表现得过于逞强。
3. [C 可数名词] 次要的事物
If you describe an event as a footnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered.
双语例句
例：I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
我认为，他的名字在历史中恐怕将变得不再重要。
NOUN. 名词
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