🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

踏入

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tà rù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Set Foot/sɛt fʊt/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我从未踏入过巴黎。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To arrive at or enter a particular place.

    "I had never set foot in Paris before my trip last summer."
  2. 2

    To go to a place, especially for the first time.

    "He vowed never to set foot in that restaurant again after the poor service."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The phrase 'set foot' originates from the Old English 'settan', meaning to place or put, combined with 'foot', which has Germanic roots. Over time, it evolved to convey the act of arriving or entering a place.

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