喜樂美語
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    Bigfoot is a story-animal: a large, hairy being that walks like a person. Some people in the northwest of the United States say they have seen it in the woods; others say they have found huge footprints. It has never been proved to exist. US papers and TV like the story, and it has become a kind of folk character — half joke, half scare. People also call the same idea . Though actually it is not the , the “snow person” of the high mountains in Asia; that is a sister story from another place, not the same creature. Write it with a capital B when you mean the famous one.

    大腳怪（北美傳說；不是喜馬拉雅的雪人）

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成big + foot. The name (first as Big Foot) dates from 1958, from the huge footprints people said they found, much larger than a human foot.

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Bigfootname/ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/

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    artsbiologycryptozoologyA very large, hairy, humanoid creature, similar to the yeti, said to live in the wilderness areas of the United States and Canada, especially the Pacific Northwest.

    • This imprint was made either Wednesday night or early Thursday morning by "Big Foot".
    • Stories of “Bigfoot,” an eight-foot denizen of the forest in Northern California’s wild Trinity County, are among the main topics of conversation in that area. He is supposedly an Indian or half-breed who has reverted to an animal existence. A footprint believed to be his was measured by a Redding shoe store owner and found to be size 24!

Bigfootnoun/ˈbɪɡˌfʊt/

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    artsbiologycryptozoologyAn individual creature of this type.

    • My answer to those who believe that all Bigfoot are just huge cuddly Ewoks is to remind them that there is plenty of evidence that every member of the great apes family […] has exhibited hostility […].
    • The striking news on the appearance of a Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain in Xi'an, Shaanxi Provnice^([sic – meaning Province]) recently spread among local residents of Mei County located near the foot of Taibai Mountain. Is Taibai Mountain really home to a Bigfoot? Who encountered the Bigfoot on Taibai Mountain? Reporters interviewed many residents of Mei County, and their accounts varied.

bigfootverb

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    informalTo control or manage forcefully; to exercise authority over.

    • Most recently, Allen bigfooted Walter out of the way to explore a merger with SBC Communications, Inc., the largest of the regional Bells.
    • "Joel is out to get the best and brightest. It is his team to build," Walcott said, his comments appearing to reject speculation that Bloomberg was bigfooting the deputy search.
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    informalTo behave in an authoritative, commanding manner.

    • Later, Dick Cheney was Bigfooting around the West Wing, looking for heads.

bigfootnoun

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    informalA person with a big footprint; a prominent person, especially a journalist.

    • And he's living a pundit’s dream by being frequently cited—not just by fellow bloggers, but by media bigfeet.
    • Along with other media bigfeet, I chatted up Rummy and C.I.A. chief George Tenet, both of whom were in on the secret of the capture of Saddam a few hours before.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。