English Dictionary

flatfooted

副詞

of + 動名詞

Unprepared to respond; unready. / Putting the entire foot down at once, rather than landing on the ball of the foot and then lowering the rest of the foot. / With one's feet flat on the ground.

日本語の意味

不意を突かれた状態；準備不足なさま。 / 足の指先ではなく、足全体（足裏一面）を一度に地面につける動作。 / 足を平らにして地面についている状態。

The manager was left flatfooted when the investor suddenly withdrew support.

投資家が突然支援を撤回したとき、マネージャーは不意を突かれて対応できなかった。

意味（1）

Unprepared to respond; unready.

Caught mentally flatfooted, Anne couldn't think of a response.

意味（2）

Putting the entire foot down at once, rather than landing on the ball of the foot and then lowering the rest of the foot.

"He claimed that Jews walk flatfooted like a camel— including me.

意味（3）

With one's feet flat on the ground.

The figure came up and squatted flatfooted on his haunches next to Patsy.

意味（4）

(of drinking) Without pausing between swallows.

Proficient drinkers could spill out an ounce, or an ounce and a half, or two, from the neck of a Solo Soda bottle in the dark, measured to the very dram, refill it with corn whisky, turn it upside down with the thumb placed carefully over the bottle's lip— for a good mix, and luck— and drink it down, flatfooted.

more flatfooted （ comparative ）

most flatfooted （ superlative ）