footnote

名词 footnote:

1. a printed note placed below the text on a printed page
   同义词：footer

动词 footnote:

1. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
   同义词：annotate

1. That biography is an illuminate footnote to the history of our times.
   那篇传记对我们这个时代是一个很有启发性的说明。
2. A political scandal that was but a footnote to modern history.
   一件对现代历史无足轻重的政治丑闻
3. In printing, a term used in footnote meaning "here and there".
   在印刷技术中，一种在脚注中使用的意为“到处”的术语。

foot.note

n.（名词）
Abbr. fn.A note placed at the bottom of a page of a book or manuscript that comments on or cites a reference for a designated part of the text.
缩写 fn.脚注：放在书或手稿的页底的注释，对文中的标明的一部分加以评论或引出参考书目
Something related to but of lesser importance than a larger work or occurrence:
无足轻重的事：与某一大的范畴或事件有关但不重要的事：
例句：
a political scandal that was but a footnote to modern history.
一件对现代历史无足轻重的政治丑闻

v.tr.（及物动词）
foot.not.ed,foot.not.ing,foot.notes
To furnish with or comment on in footnotes.
给…作脚注：加以脚注或对脚注加以评论