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heel heel ★★☆☆☆/hi͟ːl/1[N-COUNT	可数名词]足跟；脚后跟；踵 Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle. 2[N-COUNT	可数名词]（鞋）后跟 The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back. He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot.他用靴子的后跟将它踢上。...the shoes with the high heels.高跟鞋3[N-PLURAL	复数名词]（女式）高跟鞋 Heels are women's shoes that are raised very high at the back. ...two well-dressed ladies in high heels...两位穿着高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士...the old adage that you shouldn't wear heels with trousers.高跟鞋不能和裤子搭配的俗话4[N-COUNT	可数名词]（袜子的）后跟 The heel of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your heel. 5[N-COUNT	可数名词]（近腕处的）手掌根 The heel of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm.   [N of n]He shoved the heel of his hand against the side of my face.他用手掌根使劲推我的脸颊。6See also:Achilles heel；  7[PHRASE	短语]紧跟在后 If a person or an animal is at your heels, they are following close behind you. She strode off down the restaurant with Cavendish following close at her heels.她大步向餐馆里面走去，卡文迪什紧随其后。8[PHRASE	短语]使听话；使就范 If you bring someone to heel, you force them to obey you.   [V inflects]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太清楚。9[PHRASE	短语]咔嚓一声立正（敬礼或问候） If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels, they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone.   [V inflects]...a courtly European who still clicked his heels when he met a lady.遇见女士仍咔嚓一声行礼的彬彬有礼的欧洲人10[PHRASE	短语]久等；空等 If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient.   [V inflects]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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·福斯特曼在后室里空等的事。11[PHRASE	短语]坚持立场；固执己见 If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.   [V inflects]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。12[PHRASE	短语]（时间上）紧跟…之后，紧接着 If you say that one event follows hard on the heels of another or hot on the heels of another, you mean that one happens very quickly or immediately after another.   [PHR after v]Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good...很遗憾，好消息的后面紧跟着就是坏消息。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。13[PHRASE	短语]紧追…之后；紧随…之后 If you say that someone is hot on your heels, you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you.   [usu v-link PHR]  [emphasis]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。14[PHRASE	短语]无聊地等；不耐烦地等待 If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient.   [V inflects]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]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不耐烦地等待。15[PHRASE	短语]（尤指因生气或吃惊而）突然转身 If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised.   [V inflects]He simply turned on his heel and walked away.他突然就转身走开了。16[PHRASE	短语]逃走；脚底开溜 If you take to your heels, you run away.   [V inflects]  [LITERARY 文]He stood, for a moment, staring defiantly back at her, then took to his heels.他站着不服地回瞪了她一会儿，然后就逃走了。17  head over heels→see: head； to drag your heels→see: drag； 相关词组：heel over  heel1 nounheel2 verbheelheel1 /hiːl/ ●●○ noun [countable]  Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1heel (1)of your foot the curved back part of your foot → toe2of a shoe the raised part on the bottom of a shoe that makes the shoe higher at the back:  black boots with high heelshigh-heeled/low-heeled/flat-heeled etc her low-heeled blue shoes3of a sock the part of a sock that covers your heel4of your hand the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wrist:  Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.5heels [plural] a pair of women’s shoes with high heels:  Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with.6at somebody’s heels if a person or animal is at your heels, they are following closely behind you:  He could hear the dog trotting at his heels.7a)(hard/hot/close) on the heels of something very soon after something:  The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One. b)(hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack them:  With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque.8bring somebody to heel to force someone to behave in the way that you want them to9come to heel British English a)if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls it b)if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them to10take to your heels written to start running away:  As soon as he saw me he took to his heels.11turn/spin on your heel written to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or rude way:  Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.12under the heel of somebody/something completely controlled by a government or group:  a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regime13bad man old-fashioned a man who behaves badly towards other people →Achilles' heel, down-at-heel, well-heeled, → click your heelsat click1(1), → cool your heelsat cool2(4), → dig your heels inat dig1(4), → drag your heelsat drag1(8), → be/fall head over heels in loveat head1(36), → kick your heelsat kick1(9)heel1 nounheel2 verbheelheel2 verb  Verb Table Examples Collocations Phrases 1heel! spoken used to tell your dog to walk next to you2[transitive] to put a heel on a shoeheel over phrasal verb if something heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fall:  The ship was heeling over in the wind.

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         NAmE                hiːl                /                              noun                ,                  verb                            heel      heels      heeled      heeling                            noun        ★                    part of foot        脚的部位                    1        ★                  [countable          ]                          the back part of the foot below the ankle            足跟；脚后跟                                      part of sock/shoe        袜子╱鞋的部份                    2                  [countable          ]                          the part of a sock, etc. that covers the            heel            （袜子等的）后跟                                      3        ★                  [countable          ]                          the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back            （鞋、靴子等的）后跟                                    ◆          shoes with a            low/high heel                    低╱高跟鞋                          ◆          a stiletto heel          细高跟                          ◆          The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.          中士将鞋跟咔哒一并，走了出去。                          ☞compare                                                    sole                                                   n.                           (2              )                                                  -heeled        后跟…的                    4                  (            in adjectives              构成形容词            )                    having the type of            heelmentioned            有…后跟的                                    ◆          high-heeled shoes          高跟鞋                          ☞see also                                                    well heeled                                                                shoes        鞋                    5        heels                  [plural          ]                          a pair of women's shoes that have high            heels            女高跟鞋                                    ◆          She doesn't often wear heels.          她不常穿高跟鞋。                          ☞see also                                                    kitten heels                                                                part of hand        手的部位                    6                  [countable          ]                ~ of your hand/palm                  the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist            手掌根（手掌靠近腕部的隆起部份）                                      unpleasant man        可恶的人                    7                  [countable          ]                          (            old-fashioned,            informal)                    a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted            卑鄙的家伙；浑蛋                                      ☞see also                                    Achilles heel                              ,                                    down at heel                                      IDIOMS              at/on sb's ˈheels                              following closely behind sb              紧跟某人                                            ◆            He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.            他逃离了运动场，警察在后面紧追不舍。                                      bring sb/sth to ˈheel                  1                      to force sb to obey you and accept discipline              使某人就范；迫使某人服从（纪律）                                                2                      to make a dog come close to you              让狗靠近；唤狗来到身边                                                  come to ˈheel                  1                      (of a person            人            )                                to agree to obey sb and accept their orders              愿意听从（某人）；顺从                                                2                      (of a dog            狗            )                                to come close to the person who has called it              走近唤狗人                                                  (hard/hot) on sb's/sth's ˈheels                              very close behind sb/sth; very soon after sth              紧跟；紧接在后                                            ◆            News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures.            出口数字下降之后紧接着就是失业率上升的消息。                                      ˌtake to your ˈheels                              to run away from sb/sth              逃走；溜掉                                                  ˌturn/ˌspin on your ˈheel                              to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction              急向后转；突然转身                                                  under the ˈheel of sb                              (              literary)                        completely controlled by sb              完全受某人控制                                                  ☞more at                                    cool                                   v.            ,                                    dig                                   v.            ,                                    drag                                   v.            ,                                    head                                   n.            ,                                    kick                                   v.            ,                                    tread                                   v.                                  verb                    repair shoe        修鞋                    1                  [transitive          ]                          heelsth                          to repair the heel of a shoe, etc.            给（鞋等）修理后跟                                      of boat        船                    2                  [intransitive          ]                          heel(over)                          to lean over to one side            倾侧；倾斜                                    ◆          The boat heeled over in the strong wind.          船在狂风中倾侧了。                                heel              /        hiːl                ; 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Collins	heel ★★☆☆☆ /hi͟ːl/ 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]足跟；脚后跟；踵 Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（鞋）后跟 The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back. He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot. 他用靴子的后跟将它踢上。 ...the shoes with the high heels. 高跟鞋 3 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]（女式）高跟鞋 Heels are women's shoes that are raised very high at the back. ...two well-dressed ladies in high heels... 两位穿着高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士 ...the old adage that you shouldn't wear heels with trousers. 高跟鞋不能和裤子搭配的俗话 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（袜子的）后跟 The heel of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your heel. 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（近腕处的）手掌根 The heel of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm. [N of n] He shoved the heel of his hand against the side of my face. 他用手掌根使劲推我的脸颊。 6 See also:Achilles heel ； 7 [PHRASE 短语]紧跟在后 If a person or an animal is at your heels, they are following close behind you. She strode off down the restaurant with Cavendish following close at her heels. 她大步向餐馆里面走去，卡文迪什紧随其后。 8 [PHRASE 短语]使听话；使就范 If you bring someone to heel, you force them to obey you. [V inflects] 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太清楚。 9 [PHRASE 短语]咔嚓一声立正（敬礼或问候） If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels, they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone. [V inflects] ...a courtly European who still clicked his heels when he met a lady. 遇见女士仍咔嚓一声行礼的彬彬有礼的欧洲人 10 [PHRASE 短语]久等；空等 If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient. [V inflects] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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·福斯特曼在后室里空等的事。 11 [PHRASE 短语]坚持立场；固执己见 If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so. [V inflects] 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。 12 [PHRASE 短语]（时间上）紧跟…之后，紧接着 If you say that one event follows hard on the heels of another or hot on the heels of another, you mean that one happens very quickly or immediately after another. [PHR after v] Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good... 很遗憾，好消息的后面紧跟着就是坏消息。 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。 13 [PHRASE 短语]紧追…之后；紧随…之后 If you say that someone is hot on your heels, you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you. [usu v-link PHR] [emphasis] 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。 14 [PHRASE 短语]无聊地等；不耐烦地等待 If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient. [V inflects] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] 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不耐烦地等待。 15 [PHRASE 短语]（尤指因生气或吃惊而）突然转身 If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised. [V inflects] He simply turned on his heel and walked away. 他突然就转身走开了。 16 [PHRASE 短语]逃走；脚底开溜 If you take to your heels, you run away. [V inflects] [LITERARY 文] He stood, for a moment, staring defiantly back at her, then took to his heels. 他站着不服地回瞪了她一会儿，然后就逃走了。 17 head over heels→see: head ； to drag your heels→see: drag ；相关词组： heel over
Oxford	heel ★ / hiːl ; NAmE hiːl / noun , verb heel heels heeled heeling noun ★ part of foot 脚的部位 1 ★ [countable ] the back part of the foot below the ankle 足跟；脚后跟 part of sock/shoe 袜子╱鞋的部份 2 [countable ] the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel （袜子等的）后跟 3 ★ [countable ] the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back （鞋、靴子等的）后跟 ◆ shoes with a low/high heel 低╱高跟鞋 ◆ a stiletto heel 细高跟 ◆ The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out. 中士将鞋跟咔哒一并，走了出去。 ☞compare sole n. (2 ) -heeled 后跟…的 4 ( in adjectives 构成形容词 ) having the type of heelmentioned 有…后跟的 ◆ high-heeled shoes 高跟鞋 ☞see also well heeled shoes 鞋 5 heels [plural ] a pair of women's shoes that have high heels 女高跟鞋 ◆ She doesn't often wear heels. 她不常穿高跟鞋。 ☞see also kitten heels part of hand 手的部位 6 [countable ] ~ of your hand/palm the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist 手掌根（手掌靠近腕部的隆起部份） unpleasant man 可恶的人 7 [countable ] ( old-fashioned, informal) a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted 卑鄙的家伙；浑蛋 ☞see also Achilles heel , down at heel IDIOMS at/on sb's ˈheels following closely behind sb 紧跟某人 ◆ He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels. 他逃离了运动场，警察在后面紧追不舍。 bring sb/sth to ˈheel 1 to force sb to obey you and accept discipline 使某人就范；迫使某人服从（纪律） 2 to make a dog come close to you 让狗靠近；唤狗来到身边 come to ˈheel 1 (of a person 人 ) to agree to obey sb and accept their orders 愿意听从（某人）；顺从 2 (of a dog 狗 ) to come close to the person who has called it 走近唤狗人 (hard/hot) on sb's/sth's ˈheels very close behind sb/sth; very soon after sth 紧跟；紧接在后 ◆ News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures. 出口数字下降之后紧接着就是失业率上升的消息。 ˌtake to your ˈheels to run away from sb/sth 逃走；溜掉 ˌturn/ˌspin on your ˈheel to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction 急向后转；突然转身 under the ˈheel of sb ( literary) completely controlled by sb 完全受某人控制 ☞more at cool v. , dig v. , drag v. , head n. , kick v. , tread v. verb repair shoe 修鞋 1 [transitive ] heelsth to repair the heel of a shoe, etc. 给（鞋等）修理后跟 of boat 船 2 [intransitive ] heel(over) to lean over to one side 倾侧；倾斜 ◆ The boat heeled over in the strong wind. 船在狂风中倾侧了。 heel / hiːl ; NAmE hiːl /
LDC	heel1 noun heel2 verb heelheel1 /hiːl/ ●●○ noun [countable] Entry menu Word Origin Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1heel (1)of your foot the curved back part of your foot → toe2of a shoe the raised part on the bottom of a shoe that makes the shoe higher at the back: black boots with high heelshigh-heeled/low-heeled/flat-heeled etc her low-heeled blue shoes3of a sock the part of a sock that covers your heel4of your hand the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wrist: Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.5heels [plural] a pair of women’s shoes with high heels: Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with.6at somebody’s heels if a person or animal is at your heels, they are following closely behind you: He could hear the dog trotting at his heels.7a)(hard/hot/close) on the heels of something very soon after something: The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One. b)(hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack them: With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque.8bring somebody to heel to force someone to behave in the way that you want them to9come to heel British English a)if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls it b)if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them to10take to your heels written to start running away: As soon as he saw me he took to his heels.11turn/spin on your heel written to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or rude way: Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.12under the heel of somebody/something completely controlled by a government or group: a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regime13bad man old-fashioned a man who behaves badly towards other people → Achilles' heel , down-at-heel , well-heeled , → click your heels at click1(1) , → cool your heels at cool2(4) , → dig your heels in at dig1(4) , → drag your heels at drag1(8) , → be/fall head over heels in love at head1(36) , → kick your heels at kick1(9) heel1 noun heel2 verb heelheel2 verb Verb Table Examples Collocations Phrases 1heel! spoken used to tell your dog to walk next to you2[transitive] to put a heel on a shoeheel over phrasal verb if something heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fall: The ship was heeling over in the wind.
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Heel Part Phrase 短语 Shoes Back S [V