heel

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n.脚后跟
v.倾侧

例句与用法：

I only wear high heels on special occasions.

我只在特殊场合穿高跟鞋。

The police were on our heels.

警察紧追着我们。

I'm just kicking my heels until the beginning of the new term.

新学期开学前，我一直无所事事。

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 |

详细释义：

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

vt.

使(船)倾斜

vi.

(船)倾斜[(+over)]

The boat heeled over in a strong wind.

船受强风吹袭倾侧了。

n.

1. (船的)侧倾

2. 倾侧度

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。