1. turn on one's heel : 急向后转；

1. My dog heeled me all the way to the riverside.
    我那条狗一路紧跟着我跑到河边。

1. The boat heeled over in a strong wind.
    船受强风吹袭倾侧了。

2. The ship heeled over in the storm.
    这船在暴风雨中倾倒了。

1. She prefers wearing high heels on formal occasions.
    在正式场跋她比较喜欢穿高跟鞋。

2. heel是什么意思

2. 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。

1. 脚后跟：当时 Thetis 拎着 Achilles 的一个脚后跟 (heel) 35 将他浸入河水中,自然被她拎着的这个脚后跟就没有被神奇的冥河水浸湿,Achilles 的这个 脚后跟就和凡人一样容易受伤.后来,在一次战斗中,Achilles 被他的仇敌射中了这只脚后跟.这位战功赫赫,

2. 后跟：当时Thetis拎着Achilles的一个脚后跟(heel)将他浸入河水中,自然被她拎着的这个脚后跟就没有被神奇的冥河水浸湿,Achilles的这个脚后跟就和凡人一样容易受伤.

3. 脚跟：但由於,妈妈抓著他的脚跟,把他呈倒吊状浸下去,脚跟 (heel) 的部份没有浸到,所以 heel 就成了他全身唯一的罩门.

1. 足跟;脚后跟;踵
    Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle.

2. （鞋）后跟
    The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back.

    e.g. He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot.
           他用靴子的后跟将它踢上。
    e.g. ...the shoes with the high heels.
           高跟鞋

3. （女式）高跟鞋
    Heels are women''s shoes that are raised very high at the back.

heel的近义词

    e.g. ...two well-dressed ladies in high heels...
           两位穿着高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士
    e.g. ...the old adage that you shouldn''t wear heels with trousers.
           高跟鞋不能和裤子搭配的俗话

4. （袜子的）后跟
    The heel of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your heel.

5. （近腕处的）手掌根
    The heel of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm.

    e.g. 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。

6. see also: Achilles heel

7. 紧跟在后
    If a person or an animal is at your heels, they are following close behind you.

heel

    e.g. 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。

8. 使听话;使就范
    If you bring someone to heel, you force them to obey you.

heel

    e.g. 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。

9. 咔嚓一声立正（敬礼或问候）
    If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels, they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone.

heel是什么意思

    e.g. ...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

10. 久等;空等
    If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient.

    e.g. 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。

11. 坚持立场;固执己见
      If you dig your heels in or dig in your heels, you refuse to do something such as change your opinions or plans, especially when someone is trying very hard to make you do so.

      e.g. 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。

12. （时间上）紧跟…之后，紧接着
      If you say that one event follows hard on the heels of another or hot on the heels of another, you mean that one happens very quickly or immediately after another.

heel的近义词

      e.g. 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。
      e.g. 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。

13. 紧追…之后;紧随…之后
      If you say that someone is hot on your heels, you are emphasizing that they are chasing you and are not very far behind you.

      e.g. 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。

14. 无聊地等;不耐烦地等待
      If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient.

      e.g. 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。

15. （尤指因生气或吃惊而）突然转身
      If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised.

      e.g. He simply turned on his heel and walked away.
             他突然就转身走开了。

16. 逃走;脚底开溜
      If you take to your heels, you run away.

      e.g. 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。

17. head over heels -> see head
      to drag your heels -> see drag

相关词组：heel over

1. the bottom of a shoe or boot
    the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation

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

3. the lower end of a ship''s mast

4. the back part of the human foot

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

6. someone who is morally reprehensible

    e.g. you dirty dog

    Synonym: cadbounderblackguarddoghound

1. put a new heel on

    e.g. heel shoes

    Synonym: reheel

2. strike with the heel of the club

    e.g. heel a golf ball

3. perform with the heels

    e.g. heel that dance

4. follow at the heels of a person

5. tilt to one side

    e.g. The balloon heeled over
           the wind made the vessel heel
           The ship listed to starboard

    Synonym: list