heel

[hi:l]

n.脚后跟
v.倾侧

n.[C]

1. 脚后跟, 踵

I have a blister on my heel because my shoe is too tight.

鞋子太紧了, 我脚后跟起了个泡。

2. (鞋, 袜等的)后跟

There is a hole in the heel of one of your socks.

你一只袜子的后跟有个洞。

3. 踵状物; 底部; 根部

4. 高跟鞋[P]

She prefers wearing high heels on formal occasions.

在正式场合她比较喜欢穿高跟鞋。

5. 卑鄙的人, 可恶的人

vt.

1. 给(鞋等)装后跟

I had my shoes heeled.

我给鞋子装了后跟。

2. 紧跟; 紧追

My dog heeled me all the way to the riverside.

我那条狗一路紧跟着我跑到河边。

3. 【橄】用脚跟往回传

vi.

1. 在后紧随; 紧追

2. 用脚后跟跳舞

词形变化

动词过去式: heeled | 动词过去分词: heeled | 动词现在分词: heeling | 动词第三人称单数: heels |

词义辨析

同义:

n.后脚, 后蹄

foot  hoof  kicker

n.(鞋, 袜的)后跟

lift  heelpiece  heeltap  wedge

n.剩余物, 残余物

conclusion  rind  crust  remnant  remainder  leftovers  stump  butt  rump

n.(船)倾斜(度)

cant  tilt  angle  slant  inclination  sheering  tipping  yaw  deviation

v.紧跟, 追赶

hound  pursue  chase  shadow  trial  tack  trace

v.给鞋钉后掌

mend  patch  repair  cobble

v.给(斗鸡)上铁距

spur  equip  accoutre  furnish

v.用脚后跟跳舞

dance  prance  frisk  frolic  gambol  cavort  jump  spring  capriole  curvet  

英英释义

名词 heel:

the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

the back part of the human foot

someone who is morally reprehensible

同义词：cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound

one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

the lower end of a ship's mast

(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

动词 heel:

tilt to one side

同义词：list

follow at the heels of a person

perform with the heels

strike with the heel of the club

put a new heel on

同义词：reheel

短语词组

at/on sb.'s heels

1. 紧随某人

He followed on my heels.

他紧跟着我。

come to heel

1. 顺从

He was always a naughty child but he had to learn to come to heel when he went to school.

他一向顽皮, 可是上学后他只好学会服从。

cool one's heels

1. 久等

I had to cool my heels for half an hour.

我只好等了半个小时。

down at (the) heel

1. 褴褛的

He used to dress quite smartly, but he looks very down at heel nowadays.

他过去衣着讲究, 现在却是衣衫褴褛。

lay/set by the heels

1. 拘捕

The escaped prisoner was free for only a week before the police laid him by the heels.

逃犯只逍遥了一周便被警方逮捕了。

under the heel of

1. 在……掌握中

In the early nineteenth century Italy was under the heel of Austria.

十九世纪初意大利处于奥地利的统治下。

补充

heelheel英:[hi:l] 美:[hil]n.1.足跟; 踵部, 后跟He had a blistered heel.他的脚后跟起了泡。vt. & vi.1.(使)倾斜The ship heeled as it turned.船转弯时倾向一边。

例句

1. He had a pain in his heel.他脚后跟疼。 2. He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot.他用靴子的后跟踢了一下把它关上了。 3. shoes with six-inch heels后跟六英寸高的鞋 4. two well-dressed ladies in heels两位脚踩高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士 5. He shoved the heel of his hand against the side of my face.他用手掌根使劲推我的侧脸。 6. You trust a guy and then he turns out to be a heel.你信任这个家伙, 可结果他却是一个卑鄙小人。 7. She strode off down the restaurant with Cavendish following close at her heels.她大步向餐厅里面走去, 卡文迪什紧随其后。 8. It's still not clear how the president will use his power to bring the republics to heel.总统将如何行使自己的权力使共和党人就范仍不明朗。 9. the policy of bringing dissidents to heel by economic sanctions用经济制裁来迫使持不同政见者就范的政策 10. a courtly European who still clicked his heels when he met a lady遇到女士仍脚后跟咔嗒一并的彬彬有礼的欧洲人 11. Rover comes to heel immediately when I call him.我一叫罗弗, 他就立刻走近我。 12. Would the dissidents come to heel if they were threatened with dismissal from the party?如果拿开除党籍威胁这些持不同政见者, 他们会不会乖乖听话呢？ 13. Cohen didn't mention that he had Ted Forstmann cooling his heels in a back room.科恩没有提起自己让泰德•福斯特曼在密室里空等的事。 14. It was really the British who, by digging their heels in, prevented any last-minute deal.实际上是因为英国人拒不让步, 才使得最后一刻达成协议的希望落空了。 15. The coroner dug his heels in. The body must remain accessible.验尸官立场坚定, 尸体必须随时可验。 16. Her shoes were scuffed and down at heel.她的鞋坏了, 鞋跟都磨掉了。 17. this once grand and now a little down at heel Piccadilly hotel皮卡迪利这家曾经富丽堂皇如今已经显得有些破旧的酒店 18. The place struck me as distinctly dilapidated and down at heel.这个地方给我留下的印象是十分荒凉和破败。 19. The protagonist is middle-aged, down at heel and heading for professional oblivion.主人公是一位邋里邋遢、事业每况愈下的中年人。 20. We never managed to train Sooty to walk to heel.我们从未能把苏蒂训练得跟在后面走。 21. They sped through the American southwest with the law hot on their heels.他们飞车穿越美国西南部, 警察紧追其后。 22. Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good.不幸的是, 好消息的后面紧跟着就是坏消息。 23. The visit follows hot on the heels of their season at the Edinburgh International Festival.他们在爱丁堡国际艺术节上的表演季一结束, 紧接着又要出访。 24. The authorities wouldn't grant us permission to fly all the way down to San Francisco, so I had to kick my heels at Tunis Airport.当局不允许我们直飞旧金山, 所以我只好在突尼斯机场百无聊赖地等候。 25. It's not at all uncommon for older men to kick up their heels and run off with younger women.老男人放纵自己和年轻姑娘私奔并不罕见。 26. He simply turned on his heel and walked away.他突然就转身走开了。 27. The news rocked the City of London back on its heels.这个消息让整个伦敦为之震惊。 28. We were rocked back on our heels by the boy's amazing success.这个男孩惊人的成功令我们大为震惊。 29. They simply dropped the stuff in the street, before showing the security men a clean pair of heels.他们把东西丢在了街上, 从保安眼皮下逃之夭夭。 30. He stood, for a moment, staring defiantly back at her, then took to his heels.他在那里站了一会儿, 回过头来挑衅地看了她一眼, 然后逃之夭夭。 31. These shoes need heeling.这些鞋需要换跟。 32. The boat heeled steeply during the turn.这条小船在转弯时倾侧得很厉害。 33. He's being heeled by the police.他正受到警方的追捕。 34. He heeled me, so I didn't say.他用脚后跟碰了碰我，于是我就不再说了。 35. He heeled after his wife as a dog.他像狗一样紧跟在他妻子的身后。 36. He quietly heeled over the passage into the kitchen.他用脚后跟着地悄无声息地走过走廊进了厨房。 37. he rubbed the heel of his hand against the window.他把手掌根在窗上擦了一擦。 38. shoes with low heels.低跟鞋。 39. what kind of a heel do you think I am?.你认为我是何等小人？。 40. he headed off with Sammy at his heels.他率先离开，萨米紧跟其后。 41. in the heel of the hunt, the outcome of the match was decided by a penalty.最后，比赛输赢由一点球决定。 42. the Greeks spent several centuries under the heel of the Ottoman Empire.希腊人在奥托曼帝国统治下度过了几个世纪。 43. [in combination]high-heeled shoes.高跟鞋。 44. High heels (= shoes with high heels) are not practical for long walks.穿高跟鞋走不了远路。 45. high-heeled/low-heeled shoes高╱低跟鞋 46. shoes with low/high/cushioned heels低后跟/高后跟/加垫后跟的鞋子 47. She does not like wearing heels.她不喜欢穿高跟鞋。 48. She scraped the heel of her hand.她擦破了手掌根。 49. 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。 50. The dog was (nipping) at my heels.这条狗紧跟在我后面。 51. "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。 52. The police were hot on his heels.警察紧跟在他后面。 53. "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。 54. 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。 55. 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。 56. "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。 57. They took to their heels when they saw the policeman approaching.看到警察来了，他们拔腿就跑。 58. She called the dog to heel. [=she told the dog to return close to her]她把狗唤到身后。 59. The dog came to heel.这条狗跟了上来。 60. 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。 61. 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。 62. They are not likely to come to heel.他们不太可能顺从。 63. They put us under their heel.他们把我们控制住了。 64. They kept us under heel.我们一直在他们的控制之下。 65. heel! Good dog.跟上！听话的好狗狗。 66. The boat heeled (over) in the strong wind.船在狂风中倾斜了。