footnotes

英 [ˈfʊtnəʊts]

美 [ˈfʊtˌnoʊts]

n. 脚注; 次要者
footnote的复数

柯林斯词典

脚注
Afootnoteis a note at the bottom of a page in a book which provides more detailed information about something that is mentioned on that page.
N-COUNT 补充;补充的信息
If you refer to what you are saying as afootnote, you mean that you are adding some information that is related to what has just been mentioned.
1. As a footnote, I should add that there was one point on which his bravado was more than justified.
  我补充一句，他有时表现得过分逞强。
N-COUNT 无关紧要的事;次要事件
If you describe an event as afootnote, you mean that it is fairly unimportant although it will probably be remembered.
1. I'm afraid that his name will now become a footnote in history.
  恐怕他的名字现在会成为历史的注脚。

双语例句

His liking for footnotes might have suited him to be an historian.
他喜欢考据，当个历史学家也挺合适。
Footnotes: notes explanatory to the main text, set in smaller type at the bottom of the page.
脚注：解释内文的注解；用较细字体排于书页下端。
Another point to remember is to avoid placing too much information in annexes and footnotes; only a few readers will consult these.
另外一点是记住，避免在附件和脚注中放置过多信息。没有几个读者会看这些内容。
Comments, endnotes and footnotes can only be added to the main story.
批注、尾注和脚注只能添至文档的主体部分。
Footnotes should be typed single spaced at the bottom of the appropriate page and separated from the text by a3-inch line starting from the left margin with one space above and below it.
脚注应键入单一间距在底部的适当的页数和分开的案文的一个3英寸线从左侧开始保证金与以上及以下这一空间。
Features specific to research papers, business plans, or other longer documents including page numbering, footnotes, endnotes, and annotations.
专门用于调研报告、商务计划或其他较长文档的功能，包括页码编排、脚注、尾注和批注。
Footnotes or endnotes must start at 1 if numbering is not continuous.
如果编号不连续，则脚注或尾注必须从1开始。
Such references should usually be provided in footnotes.
参考书目常于脚注中标注。
We also use footnotes for definitions of elementary terms that an experienced programmer is unlikely to need.
我们同样使用脚注来定义基本术语，有经验的程序员可能不需要这些定义。
Footnotes illuminated the difficult passage of the text.
脚注解释了课文中难解的段落。