If you walked lightly, your footsteps will not be heard. 如果你轻轻地走,别人就听不见你的脚步声了。
footstep
[ noun ]
the sound of a step of someone walking
<noun.event> he heard footsteps on the porch
the act of taking a step in walking
<noun.act>
the distance covered by a step
<noun.quantity> he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig
Footstep \Foot"step`\, n. 1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom.
How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. --Bryant.
2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.
"This is a footstep into a huge potential market," said Diana Temple, an analyst at Salomon Brothers.