afoot

1. ADJ If you say that a plan or scheme is afoot, it is already happening or being planned, but you do not know much about it. 在進(jìn)行中的; 在醞釀中的[v-link ADJ]

Everybody knew that something awful was afoot. 每個(gè)人都知道糟糕的事在醞釀之中。