| 词汇 | heel |
| 释义 | heel (verb) heel 14 ENTRIES FOUND: heel (noun) heel (verb) Achilles' heel (noun) down-at-the-heels (adjective) high-heeled (adjective) high heels (noun) spike heel (noun) well-heeled (adjective) cool (verb) drag (verb) hard (adverb) head (noun) kick (verb) spin (verb) 1 heel /ˈhiːl/ noun plural heels 1 heel /ˈhiːl/ noun plural heels Learner's definition of HEEL 1 [count] : the back part of your foot that is below the ankle脚后跟 — see picture at foot 2 a [count] : the part of a shoe or sock that covers the heel of your foot（鞋、袜的）后跟 b [count] : the part of the bottom of a shoe or boot that is under the heel of your foot（鞋后跟）底部 shoes with low/high/cushioned heels低后跟/高后跟/加垫后跟的鞋子 — see picture at shoe; see also high heels, spike heels, stiletto heel c heels [plural] informal : shoes with high heels高跟鞋 She does not like wearing heels.她不喜欢穿高跟鞋。 3 [count] : the part of the inside of your hand that is closest to your wrist手掌根 She scraped the heel of her hand.她擦破了手掌根。 4 [count] : the end of a loaf of bread面包头 5 [count] old-fashioned : a bad or selfish man自私的家伙；无赖 I felt like a heel when I couldn't stop to help.没能停下来帮忙，我感觉自己是个自私的家伙。 at someone's heels : following someone very closely紧跟在某人后面 The dog was (nipping) at my heels.这条狗紧跟在我后面。 He once had a big lead in the campaign, but now the other candidates are nipping at his heels.他在竞选中曾一度遥遥领先，但现在其他候选人正紧跟其后。 cool your heels — see 2cool dig in your heels — see 1dig drag your heels — see 1drag head over heels — see 1head kick up your heels — see 1kick on someone's or something's heels 1 ◊ If you are (close/hard/hot) on someone's or something's heels, you are chasing or following that person or thing very closely.紧随其后 The police were hot on his heels.警察紧跟在他后面。 2 ◊ If something comes or follows close/hard/hot on something's heels or close/hard/hot on the heels of something, it happens very soon afterward.（某事）随即发生 Her decision drew much criticism, and so did the explanation that followed hard on its heels.她的决定和随后的解释都招来了许多批评。 Her second movie followed close on the heels of her successful film debut.她的首部电影取得成功之后，第二部电影很快就上映了。 His resignation comes hard on the heels of the announcement that the company is going bankrupt.公司刚宣布破产，他就辞职了。 spin/turn on your heel : to turn away from someone in a very quick or sudden way迅速（或突然）离开某人 He told us he had nothing more to say, then he turned on his heel and walked away.他告诉我们他已无话可说，随即转身离开。 take to your heels : to begin to run away逃离；跑开 They took to their heels when they saw the policeman approaching.看到警察来了，他们拔腿就跑。 to heel 1 : to a position that is close behind到紧靠后面的位置 She called the dog to heel. [=she told the dog to return close to her]她把狗唤到身后。 The dog came to heel.这条狗跟了上来。 2 : into a controlled or obedient condition受控制；被驯服 We hope these measures will help to bring inflation to heel. [=will help to control inflation]我们希望这些措施能有助于控制通货膨胀。 The President is trying to bring to heel his opponents in the legislature. [=to force his opponents to do what he wants them to do]总统力图使立法机关中的反对派顺从。 They are not likely to come to heel.他们不太可能顺从。 under heel ◊ If you are under the heel of someone or under someone's heel or US under heel, you are completely controlled by another person, group, etc.受（某人、某集团等）完全控制 They put us under their heel.他们把我们控制住了。 They kept us under heel.我们一直在他们的控制之下。 — see also achilles' heel, down-at-the-heels, well-heeled 2 heel /ˈhiːl/ verb heels; heeled; heeling 2 heel /ˈhiːl/ verb heels; heeled; heeling Learner's definition of HEEL [no object] 1 — used as a command to tell a dog to walk next to you（唤狗用语）跟上 Heel! Good dog.跟上！听话的好狗狗。 2 of a boat or ship : to lean to one side（船）倾斜 The boat heeled (over) in the strong wind.船在狂风中倾斜了。 |
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