heel1 /hiːl/ ●●○ noun [countableC] → heal, he'll1. of your foot 脚的HBH the curved back part of your foot 脚后跟 → toe 2 of a shoe 鞋的DCC the raised part on the bottom of a shoe that makes the shoe higher at the back 后跟,鞋跟 black boots with high heels 有高跟的黑靴子
high-heeled/low-heeled/flat-heeled etc her low-heeled blue shoes 她的蓝色低跟鞋
→4 See picture of 见图 FOOTWEAR →5 see picture at 见图 shoe1 3. of a sock 袜子的DCC the part of a sock that covers your heel (袜子的)后跟 4 of your hand 手的HBH the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wrist 〔近腕处的〕手掌根 Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape. 用手掌根使劲把面团压成形。
5 heels [plural]DCC a pair of women’s shoes with high heels 〔一双〕高跟鞋 Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with. 她穿上高跟鞋就会比男同事都高。
heels• I just can't walk in heels.
6 at somebody’s heels NEARif a person or animal is at your heels, they are following closely behind you 紧跟着某人,紧随某人之后 He could hear the dog trotting at his heels. 他能听见那条狗小跑着紧紧跟在他身后。
7 a) (hard/hot/close) on the heels of somethingFOLLOW very soon after something 紧接着某事,在某事后不久 The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One. 该俱乐部队刚升至甲级就作出了购买彼得斯的决定。
b) (hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack them 〔尤指为捉拿或袭击而〕紧跟某人 With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque. 敌军穷追不舍,他在布朗什-塔克渡过了索姆河。
8. bring somebody to heel FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto force someone to behave in the way that you want them to 使某人就范,使某人顺从bring somebody to heel• The best illustrations of this are in societies where the authorities bring defaulters to heel directly by the power of their curse.• Some one who can bring you to heel when you need it.• As you know it's the only thing that brings Gesner to heel.• Given the fragility of Mr Wahid's government, U.S. pressure intended to bring the military to heel should be calibrated.• Snelling's aim was to bring politicians to heel by limiting their ability to impose taxes. 9 come to heel British EnglishBrE a) if a dog comes to heel, it comes back to its owner when the owner calls it 〔狗被召唤时〕来到主人跟前 b) if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them to 〔某人〕服从,就范 10 take to your heels writtenESCAPE to start running away 拔腿逃走 As soon as he saw me he took to his heels. 一看到我,他拔腿就逃。
take to your heels• The infantry detailed to guard them let off only a couple of volleys before also taking to their heels.• The boys jumped down and took to their heels.• Used to moving fast on jobs, Fitzgerald took to his heels and outran the bees over a couple of hundred yards.• The kids immediately took to their heels as Mrs Brewster appeared around the corner.• They took to their heels and ran up the road.• He jumped off the train, took to his heels, and was quickly out of sight.• The deer in turn took to their heels. 11 turn/spin on your heel writtenTURN to suddenly turn away from someone, especially in an angry or rude way 〔尤指生气地、无礼地〕突然转身 Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room. 还没等人说出一句话,他转身就走出了房间。
turn/spin on your heel• Cooper turned on his heels and walked away.• Suddenly, the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel.• Then, without a word, he turned on his heel and left the room.• He turned on his heel and went into the dining room.• I turned on my heel and left the room.• Seifert turned on his heels and stomped away in anger.• Then she turned on her heel and we marched back down the hall.• She turned on her heel and vanished into the murk. 12 under the heel of somebody/something CONTROLcompletely controlled by a government or group 任由…摆布;被…操纵 a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regime 在日益专制的政府统治下的一个民族
under the heel of somebody/something• The country is once more under the heel of a dictator. 13. bad man 坏人 old-fashionedBAD PERSON a man who behaves badly towards other people 坏蛋,坏家伙 → 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)