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heel
常考释义
n. 足跟；脚后跟；踵
He had a pain in his heel.
他脚后跟疼。
She was ambitious and nipping at Mandy's heels.
她野心勃勃，对曼迪步步紧逼。
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n. at sb's heels：紧跟某人
She strode off down the restaurant with Cavendish following close at her heels.
她大步向餐厅里面走去，卡文迪什紧随其后。
n. bring sb to heel：使某人就范；迫使某人服从
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明朗。
the policy of bringing dissidents to heel by economic sanctions
用经济制裁来迫使持不同政见者就范的政策
n. click your heels：（敬礼或致敬时）脚跟咔嗒一并
A courtly European who still clicked his heels when he met a lady
遇到女士仍脚后跟咔嗒一并的彬彬有礼的欧洲人
n. come to heel：走近；紧跟；听从指令；服从管束
Rover comes to heel immediately when I call him.
我一叫罗弗，他就立刻走近我。
Would the dissidents come to heel if they were threatened with dismissal from the party?
如果拿开除党籍威胁这些持不同政见者，他们会不会乖乖听话呢？
n. cool your heels：久等；空等
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•福斯特曼在密室里空等的事。
n. dig your heels in：固执己见；坚持立场
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。
The coroner dug his heels in. The body must remain accessible.
验尸官立场坚定，尸体必须随时可验。
n. down at heel：鞋跟磨掉的；衣衫褴褛的；邋遢的
Her shoes were scuffed and down at heel.
她的鞋坏了，鞋跟都磨掉了。
this once grand and now a little down at heel Piccadilly hotel
皮卡迪利这家曾经富丽堂皇如今已经显得有些破旧的酒店
The place struck me as distinctly dilapidated and down at heel.
这个地方给我留下的印象是十分荒凉和破败。
The protagonist is middle-aged, down at heel and heading for professional oblivion.
主人公是一位邋里邋遢、事业每况愈下的中年人。
n. hot on the heels of sth;hard on the heels of sth：（事件）紧接在…之后
Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good.
不幸的是，好消息的后面紧跟着就是坏消息。
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。
n. hot on your heels：（人）紧随…之后，紧跟…之后
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。
n. kick up your heels：放纵
It's not at all uncommon for older men to kick up their heels and run off with younger women.
老男人放纵自己和年轻姑娘私奔并不罕见。
n. kick your heels：无聊地等；不耐烦地等待
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百无聊赖地等候。
n. on your heel：（尤指因为生气或吃惊）突然转身
He simply turned on his heel and walked away.
他突然就转身走开了。
n. rock sb back on their heels：使某人大吃一惊
The news rocked the City of London back on its heels.
这个消息让整个伦敦为之震惊。
We were rocked back on our heels by the boy's amazing success.
这个男孩惊人的成功令我们大为震惊。
n. show sb a clean pair of heels：从某人眼皮下逃走
They simply dropped the stuff in the street, before showing the security men a clean pair of heels.
他们把东西丢在了街上，从保安眼皮下逃之夭夭。
n. take to your heels：逃脱；逃离
He stood, for a moment, staring defiantly back at her, then took to his heels.
他在那里站了一会儿，回过头来挑衅地看了她一眼，然后逃之夭夭。
n. to heel：顺从；受控制
We never managed to train Sooty to walk to heel.
我们从未能把苏蒂训练得跟在后面走。
n. 卑鄙的人
You trust a guy and then he turns out to be a heel.
你信任这个家伙，可结果他却是一个卑鄙小人。
n. 后跟
He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot.
他用靴子的后跟踢了一下把它关上了。
shoes with six-inch heels
后跟六英寸高的鞋
two well-dressed ladies in heels
两位脚踩高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士
n. 底部；根部；后部
In true romantic-comedy fashion, the heel of my shoe got stuck in the pavement, and I had to lean down to pull it out just as he walked in.
我们的重逢颇有浪漫喜剧的风格：我的鞋跟陷进了路边，当我弯腰去拔的时候，他正巧路过。
n. 手掌根
He shoved the heel of his hand against the side of my face.
他用手掌根使劲推我的侧脸。
vt. 给…修理跟；为…换跟
These shoes need heeling.
这些鞋需要换跟。
vi. （船）倾侧
The boat heeled steeply during the turn.
这条小船在转弯时倾侧得很厉害。
n. the heel：并列争球中得球
n. 桅跟；桅脚【海】
n. 横倾；横倾度【海】
n. 球杆弯头【高尔夫】
n. 蹄踵【动】
n. （手套的）掌根部
n. （母株的）踵【园艺】
n. （船的）龙骨后端【海】
vt. 用球杆弯头击（球）【高尔夫】
vt. 用脚后跟跳（舞）【舞】
vt. 用脚跟往回传（球）【英橄】
vt. 紧跟；追随
vt. 给（斗鸡）装上距铁
vt. （牧牛犬）咬后蹄驱赶（牛）
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