英汉词典

heel 基本解释

• n. 脚后跟；踵
• vt. 倾侧
• vi. 倾侧
• n. (Heel)人名；(德)黑尔

heel 词态变化

heel 中文词源

来自PIE*kenk,弯，转，膝弯，脚弯，词源同hock,kink,-el,小词后缀。引申词义脚跟。拼写比较nail,tile.

heel 英文词源

heel

heel: English has two separate words heel. The one that names the rear part of the foot [OE] comes ultimately from Germanic *khangkh-, which also produced English hock ‘quadruped’s joint corresponding to the human ankle’. From it was derived *khākhil-, source of Dutch hiel, Swedish häl, Danish hæl, and English heel. Heel ‘tilt, list’ [16] is probably descended from the Old English verb hieldan ‘incline’ (which survived dialectally into the 19th century), its -d mistaken as a past tense or past participle ending and removed to form a new infinitive. Hieldan itself came ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic adjective *khalthaz ‘inclined’.
=> hock

heel (n.1)

"back of the foot," Old English hela, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilon (cognates: Old Norse hæll, Old Frisian hel, Dutch hiel), from PIE *kenk- (3) "heel, bend of the knee" (source also of Old English hoh "hock").

Meaning "back of a shoe or boot" is c. 1400. Down at heels (1732) refers to heels of boots or shoes worn down and the owner too poor to replace them. For Achilles' heel "only vulnerable spot" see Achilles. To "fight with (one's) heels" (fighten with heles) in Middle English meant "to run away."

heel (v.2)

"to lean to one side," in reference to a ship, Old English hieldan "incline, lean, slope," from Proto-Germanic *helthijan (cognates: Middle Dutch helden "to lean," Dutch hellen, Old Norse hallr "inclined," Old High German halda, German halde "slope, declivity"). Re-spelled 16c. from Middle English hield, probably by misinterpretation of -d as a past tense suffix.

heel (n.2)

"contemptible person," 1914 in U.S. underworld slang, originally "incompetent or worthless criminal," perhaps from a sense of "person in the lowest position" and thus from heel (n.1).

heel (v.1)

of a dog, "to follow or stop at a person's heels," 1810, from heel (n.1). Also see heeled.

heel 词组搭配

heel 英文释义

1. the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground

2. the back part of the human foot

3. someone who is morally reprehensible;

"you dirty dog"

4. one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread

5. the lower end of a ship's mast

6. (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft

7. the piece of leather that fits the heel

heel 双语例句

1. With a snarl, the second dog made a dive for his heel.

伴着一声嗥叫，第二只狗扑向了他的脚后跟。

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2. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.

霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。

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3. She snagged a heel on a root and tumbled to the ground.

她脚后跟被一个树根绊了一下，踉踉跄跄地摔倒在地上。

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4. He simply turned on his heel and walked away.

他突然就转身走开了。

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5. Her dog yelped and came to heel.

她的狗汪地叫了一声，紧跟了上来。

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heel 实用场景例句

The boat heeled over in the strong wind.

船在狂风中倾侧了。

牛津词典

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。

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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。

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She doesn't often wear heels.

她不常穿高跟鞋。

牛津词典

high-heeled shoes

高跟鞋

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The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.

中士将鞋跟咔哒一并，走了出去。

牛津词典

a stiletto heel

细高跟

牛津词典

shoes with a low/high heel

低 / 高跟鞋

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He simply turned on his heel and walked away.

他突然就转身走开了。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...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

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the old adage that you shouldn't wear heels with trousers.

高跟鞋不能和裤子搭配的俗话

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...two well-dressed ladies in high heels...

两位穿着高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the shoes with the high heels.

高跟鞋

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot.

他用靴子的后跟将它踢上。

柯林斯高阶英语词典