part of foot
1 [C] the back part of the foot below the ankle
part of sock / shoe
2 [C] the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel
3 [C] the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back:
shoes with a low / high heel * a stiletto heel * The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.
compareSOLEn.(2)
-heeled
4 (in adjectives) having the type of heel mentioned:
high-heeled shoes
seealsoWELLHEELED
shoes
5 (heels) [pl.] a pair of women's shoes that have high heels:
She doesn't often wear heels.
part of hand
6 [C] ~ of your hand / palm the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist
unpleasant man
7 [C] (old-fashioned, informal) a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted
seealsoACHILLES'HEEL, DOWNATHEEL
IDIOMS
at / on sb's heels following closely behind sb:
He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.
bring sb/sth to heel
1 to force sb to obey you and accept discipline:
a non-violent means of bringing the rebels to heel
2 to make a dog come close to you
come to heel
1 (of a person) to agree to obey sb and accept their discipline
2 (of a dog) to come close to the person who has called it
(hard / hot) on sb's / sth's heels very close behind sb/sth; very soon after sth:
News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures. * He ran ahead, with the others hot on his heels
take to your heels to run away from sb/sth
turn / spin on your heel to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction
under the heel of sb (literary) completely controlled by sb:
The island spent several centuries under the heel of the British Empire.
moreatCOOLv., DIGv., DRAGv., HEADn., KICKv., TREADv.
词性: verb
repair shoe
1 [VN] to repair the heel of a shoe, etc.
of boat
2 [V] ~ (over) to lean over to one side:
The boat heeled over in the strong wind.
