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  • 易混淆的单词：heel  

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1. N-COUNT 足跟;脚后跟;踵 Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle. 
2. N-COUNT （鞋）后跟 The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back. 

  • He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot.

    他用靴子的后跟将它踢上。

  • ...the shoes with the high heels.

    高跟鞋

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

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

    两位穿着高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士

  • ...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. N-COUNT （袜子的）后跟 The heel of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your heel. 
5. N-COUNT （近腕处的）手掌根 The heel of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm. 

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

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

  • 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. PHRASE 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. 

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

  • 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. PHRASE 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. 

  • 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. PHRASE （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. 

  • 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。

  • 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. PHRASE 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. 

  • 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. PHRASE 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. 

  • 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. PHRASE （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. 

  • He simply turned on his heel and walked away.

    他突然就转身走开了。

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

  • 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 
Noun

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

Verb

1. tilt to one side;

  • "The balloon heeled over"
  • "the wind made the vessel heel"
  • "The ship listed to starboard"

2. follow at the heels of a person

3. perform with the heels;

  • "heel that dance"

4. strike with the heel of the club;

  • "heel a golf ball"

5. put a new heel on;

  • "heel shoes"
1. For years the nation had been under the heel of a dictatorial regime.
多年来这个国家一直在独裁政权的铁蹄下。

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2. He had a blistered heel.
他的脚后跟起了泡。

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3. He threw the cigarette down and ground it under his heel.
他把烟卷丢到地上，用脚踩灭。

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4. I'm training my dog to come to heel.
我在训练我的狗让它紧跟着我。

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5. My shoe rubbed my heel.
我的一只鞋子硌脚跟。

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6. Quite unexpectedly he turned on his heel and walked out of the door.
真没想到，他转身就走出了大门。

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7. Spelling is my Achilles' heel.
我最伤脑筋的弱点是拼写出错。

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8. Tap with the heel of your shoe on the window, and he will let us in.
用你的鞋跟敲窗子，这样他会让我们进去。

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9. The postman ran away with the dog nipping at his heel.
邮递员跑开了，狗在身后紧追着要咬他。

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10. The rebels have been brought to heel.
反叛者被压制了。

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11. They suffered a lot under the invader's heel.
在侵略者的铁蹄下，他们受尽了奴役。

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