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heel

Word family 
Related topics: Human
heel1 /hiːl/ ●●○ noun [countableC] → heal, he'll
1. shoes.jpg of your foot 腳的HBH the curved back part of your foot 腳後跟 → 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 後跟，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
她的藍色低跟鞋
→4  See picture of 見圖 FOOTWEAR →5 see picture at 見圖 shoe1
3. of a sock 襪子的DCC the part of a sock that covers your heel （襪子的）後跟
4  of your hand 手的HBH the part of your hand between the bottom of your thumb and your wrist 〔近腕處的〕手掌根
Using the heel of your hand, press the dough firmly into shape.
用手掌根使勁把面團壓成形。
5  heels [plural]DCC a pair of women’s shoes with high heels 〔一雙〕高跟鞋
Whenever she wore heels she was taller than the men she worked with.
她穿上高跟鞋就會比男同事都高。
Examples from the Corpus
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 緊跟着某人，緊随某人之後
He could hear the dog trotting at his heels.
他能聽見那條狗小跑着緊緊跟在他身後。
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a) (hard/hot/close) on the heels of somethingFOLLOW very soon after something 緊接着某事，在某事後不久
The decision to buy Peters came hard on the heels of the club’s promotion to Division One.
該俱樂部隊剛升至甲級就作出了購買彼得斯的決定。
b) (hard/hot/close) on somebody’s heels following closely behind someone, especially in order to catch or attack them 〔尤指爲捉拿或襲擊而〕緊跟某人
With the enemy army hard on his heels, he crossed the Somme at Blanche-Taque.
敵軍窮追不舍，他在布朗什－塔克渡過了索姆河。
8. bring somebody to heel FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto force someone to behave in the way that you want them to 使某人就範，使某人順從
Examples from the Corpus
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 〔狗被召喚時〕來到主人跟前
b) if someone comes to heel, they start to behave in the way that you want them to 〔某人〕服從，就範
Examples from the Corpus
come to heel• Sometimes they succeed in pressuring others to come to heel.• During their bizarre courtship she was his willing puppy who came to heel when he whistled.
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。
Examples from the Corpus
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 〔尤指生氣地、無禮地〕突然轉身
Before anyone could say a word, he turned on his heel and walked out of the room.
還沒等人說出一句話，他轉身就走出了房間。
Examples from the Corpus
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…擺布；被…操縱
a people under the heel of an increasingly dictatorial regime
在日益專制的政府統治下的一個民族
Examples from the Corpus
under the heel of somebody/something• The country is once more under the heel of a dictator.
13. bad man 壞人 old-fashionedBAD PERSON a man who behaves badly towards other people 壞蛋，壞家夥
→ 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)
Examples from the Corpus
heel• He gets the goods, but he feels like a heel.• He then handed her the turtle, turned on his heels and walked off.• Mary found a pair of black pumps with three-inch heels and silver buckles.• This season Gwynn often has been hindered by an inflamed heel, intensifying speculation that his weight is an issue.• Suddenly, the boar had been faced with a cliff too steep to climb and had turned on its heel.• The woollen choirboy under my heel!• It is projected to hit $ 1. 17 billion in 1996 sales, nipping at the heels of Sega and Nintendo.• Hard, through the heel of my thumb.
heel2 verb
n1. → heel!
2. [transitiveT]DCC to put a heel on a shoe 給〔鞋子〕釘後跟
3 heel over phrasal verbphr v TTWFALLif something heels over, it leans to one side as if it is going to fall 傾斜（要倒）
The ship was heeling over in the wind.
船在風中向一側傾斜。
Examples from the Corpus
heel• With just the mainsail out, the boat heeled hard off the wind on to a port reach.
heel!
1.spokenDHP used to tell your dog to walk next to you 跟上！〔喚狗用語〕
→ heel
Origin heel1
Old English hæla

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