1 (also heal up)HEALTHY if a wound or a broken boneheals or is healed, the flesh, skin, or bone grows back together and becomes healthy again (使)〔伤口或断骨〕长好,愈合
It took three months for my arm to heal properly.
我的胳膊三个月之后才痊愈。
2CUREto make someone who is ill become healthy again, especially by using natural powers or prayer 〔尤指通过自然力量或祈祷〕医治;治愈 → cure
a preacher who claims that he can heal the sick
自称可以治病的传道士
3to become mentally or emotionally strong again after a bad experience, or to help someone to do this 〔在精神或感情上〕(使)复原,(使)坚强起来
The trauma of divorce can often be healed by successful remarriage.
Our main goal must be to heal the divisions in our society.
我们的最大目标必定是消除社会分歧。
The rift between the two younger men never healed.
两个较年轻者之间的裂痕从未得以弥合。
5.heal overphrasal verbphr vHEALTHYif a wound or an area of brokenskinheals over, new skin grows over it and it becomes healthy again 〔伤口或破损的皮肤〕愈合,痊愈
Examples from the Corpus
heal• Some survive, of course: time heals a few wounds, wounds a few heels.• Early on the ninthnight, he tells us, the crucialhealingdance began.• But those who have clearly not been healed do not appeardiscouraged.• We've seen dozens of marriagesfailed and families healed here at the center.• This cream is good for healingminorcuts and bruises.• Madame Bernice claimed to be able to heal people simply by laying her hands on their bodies.• Given half a chance, his body was healing, repairing itself.• A sprain usually takes longer to heal than a broken bone.• They believe they have healed themselves using the "power of the mind."
heal the wounds/breach/division/rift• Re-creating a painfulrelationship from your childhood, in hope of healing the wounds?• Should he try to heal the breach between Andrew Neil and Lamont?• Many in the legalprofession hoped that the Committee would help heal the rift between the two branches of the legal profession.• Understand the lesson in this for you, and heal the rift between you.• President Eisenhower set out to heal the divisions in the nation.• We are trying to heal the divisions, put the pastbehind us.• A: It is going to still be difficult to heal the wounds that the war left.• It would take much more to heal the wounds to her heart.