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afoot (adj.)
[afoot 词源字典]
c. 1200,
afote
, from
a-
"on" (see
a-
(1)) +
foot
(n.). Figurative sense of "in active operation" is from 1601 ("Julius Caesar").
[afoot etymology, afoot origin, 英语词源]