footstep
noun [ C ] uk/ˈfʊt.step/ us/ˈfʊt.step/
C1 脚步声;脚步
the sound made by a person walking as their foot touches the ground, or a step (= foot movement)
Walking along the darkened street, he heard footsteps close behind him. 走在黑漆漆的大街上，他听到有脚步声紧随其后。
footsteps [ plural ] 路途，路线
the route a person has taken in order to reach a place or to achieve something
When he realized he'd lost his wallet, he retraced his footsteps (= went back the way he had come). 他发现自己丢了钱包，于是沿原路返回寻找。
She followed in the footsteps of her hero, Shirley Chisholm, and entered politics.
Park visitors can walk in the footsteps of the intrepid settlers who first forged this trail through the Rocky Mountains.
The experience allows you to follow the footsteps of the explorers to Earth's last great wilderness.
The team set out to follow the footsteps of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.