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

• 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。
• 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。
• Whirling wheel, then soft footfall of thought.
  转动的轮子，然后是这夜晚轻柔的脚步。
• 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。
• They sent a lot of policemen there to prevent the footfall fans from making trouble.
  为了防止足球迷闹事，他们往那里派了许多警察。
• "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%。
• Shops in some areas of London closed early again on Wednesday, while footfall figures showed that the number of shoppers nationally on Tuesday was more than 7 per cent down compared with the same day last year.
  伦敦部分地区的商店周三再度提前关门，而客流量数据显示，周二全国购物人数比去年同一天下降逾7%。
• Otherwise foreigners might win the fierce contest for footfall ( retail jargon for the number of shoppers).
  另外，在客流量方面外国商店要更胜一筹。
• 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。
• After finishing, place footfall half minutes.
  完成后，原地踏步半分钟。