〈 foot.fall 〉

【名詞】

腳步, 腳步聲

〈 1．be idle；wait for等待 〉

*The teacher marked time until all the children were ready for the test．老師一直等到所有孩子都作好了考試準備。

*Business is fairly slow；we're just marking time till the economy improves．現在生意相當蕭條，我們正等待經濟的好轉。

2．move the feet up and down as in marching，but not going forward原地踏步

*The captain ordered his men to mark time．上尉命令士兵原地踏步。