I caught up with Anna, hotfoot from Somerset and also just back from covering the Nato summit.
我赶上了安娜, 她来自萨默塞特郡, 也刚从北约峰会回来。
漫长的告别(下)
" No, but don't say it in front of a millionaire. He might think you were giving him the hotfoot" .
“不,但不要在百万富翁面前说。他可能会认为你是在惹他生气” 。
英语百科
Hot foot
The hot foot is a prank where the prankster sets the victim's shoe laces or shoe on fire with a match or lighter.
There are several other versions of the hot foot prank, but all involve using a source of flame near a victim's foot. Other versions of the prank involve using a cigarette on the victim's heel, placing a lit match between two bare toes on the victim, or sticking a book of matches to the victim's shoe with gum and lighting the matches.
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
practical joke
v.
travel, go, move, locomote
联想词
hurried匆忙的;bugger家伙;
英英词典
hotfoot n.
a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it
hotfoot v.
step on it
synonymous: rush, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along