foot

足

脚の一番下にあり、立ったり歩いたりするときに体を支える部分。

やさしい英語で： The part at the bottom of your leg that you stand and walk on.

• My foot hurts.
• She washed her feet before bed.
• Did you hurt your foot while running?

よく使う表現： left foot, bare foot, foot pain, hurt your foot

フィート

１２インチ、約３０センチメートルに当たる長さの単位。

やさしい英語で： A unit for measuring length, equal to twelve inches or about thirty centimetres.

• The shelf is one foot wide.
• He is six feet tall.
• We moved the table a few feet closer.

よく使う表現： one foot long, square foot, a foot wide, foot high

徒歩、歩き

主にon footで、乗り物を使わず歩いて移動すること。

やさしい英語で： Travelling by walking, usually in the phrase on foot.

• I go to school on foot.
• They explored the old town on foot.
• Can we get there on foot?

使い方： on foot (We reached the village on foot.)

よく使う表現： on foot, go on foot, travel on foot

ふもと、基部

高い物や上に伸びる物の、一番下の部分や土台。

やさしい英語で： The lowest part or base of something tall or rising.

• Wait at the foot of the stairs.
• A village stands at the foot of the hill.
• They built a shelter near the foot of the cliff.

使い方： at the foot of something (We parked at the foot of the mountain.)

類義語： base, bottom

反対語： top, summit

よく使う表現： foot of something, at the foot, foot of the stairs

足元、ベッドの足側

ベッドなどで、通常足を置く側の端。

やさしい英語で： The end of a bed or similar surface where your feet usually rest.

• She sat at the foot of the bed.
• A blanket lay across the foot of the bed.
• We put a small chest at the bed's foot.

使い方： at the foot of the bed (The dog sleeps at the foot of the bed.)

類義語： lower end

反対語： head

よく使う表現： foot of the bed, at the foot, bed's foot

支払う、負担する

特に高額な請求や、他人が生じさせた費用を支払うこと。

やさしい英語で： To pay a bill, especially a large bill or one that someone else caused.

• Who will foot the bill?
• Her parents footed the bill for the wedding.
• Taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for these mistakes.

使い方： foot the bill for something (The company will foot the bill for your hotel.)

類義語： pay, cover

よく使う表現： foot the bill, foot someone's bill, foot the cost

歩く、徒歩で行く

主にfoot itで、ある場所へ歩いて行くこと。

やさしい英語で： To walk somewhere, usually in the phrase foot it.

• We had to foot it home.
• They footed it back to the village.
• Will you ride, or foot it?

使い方： foot it + place/direction (With no bus available, we footed it home.)

類義語： walk

よく使う表現： foot it, foot it home, foot it back

合計する

縦に並んだ数字をすべて足して、合計を出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To add all the numbers in a column to find their total.

• Please foot this column.
• She footed up the figures twice.
• The accountant footed each column before checking the balance.

使い方： foot up something (The clerk footed up the figures in the ledger.)

類義語： total, add up, sum

よく使う表現： foot a column, foot up something, foot an account