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heel

/heel/US // hil //UK // (hiːl) //

脚跟,脚后跟,脚跟部,脚踝

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
    • : an analogous part in other vertebrates.
    • : either hind foot or hoof of some animals, as the horse.
    • : the foot as a whole: He was hung by the heels.
    • : the part of a stocking, shoe, or the like covering the back part of the wearer's foot.
    • : a solid, raised base or support of leather, wood, rubber, etc., attached to the sole of a shoe or boot under the back part of the foot.
    • : heels, high-heeled shoes.
    • : something resembling the back part of the human foot in position, shape, etc.: a heel of bread.
    • : the rear of the palm, adjacent to the wrist.
    • : the latter or concluding part of anything: the heel of a session.
    • : the lower end of any of various more or less vertical objects, as rafters, spars, or the sternposts of vessels.
    • : Nautical. the after end of a keel.the inner end of a bowsprit or jib boom.
    • : the crook in the head of a golf club.
    • : Building Trades. the exterior angle of an angle iron.
    • : Railroads. the end of a frog farthest from a switch.
    • : Horticulture. the base of any part, as of a cutting or tuber, that is removed from a plant for use in the propagation of that plant.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to follow at the heels of; chase closely.
    • : to furnish with heels, as shoes.
    • : to perform with the heels.
    • : Golf. to strike with the heel of the club.
    • : to arm with spurs.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to follow at one's heels on command.
    • : to use the heels, as in dancing.
  1. 1
    • : heel in, to cover temporarily with soil prior to permanent planting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • News of a potential deal comes on the heels of another big SPAC transaction in electric planes, for Archer Aviation.

  • On the heels of this latest round, nextmv is working to simplify its product.

  • The round comes also on the heels of the company raising $21 million just in June of last year.

  • Meanwhile, Marie drifts to the stove like an exquisite zombie—she’s still draped in the slinky liquid column of a dress she wore to the premiere, though she’s kicked off her heels—and starts to cook up some mac and cheese.

  • The legislation comes on the heels of other calls for action.

  • His goal: to make the perfect (and absolutely comfortable) high-heel, with the help from Nike CEO Mark Parker.

  • The high heel has gone through endless aesthetic changes throughout the years.

  • Acts of violence include death by hanging, rifle butt, boot heel, tank tracks and fireball.

  • Around 3am, my spindly legs are beginning to ache from balancing on deck, as we heel with each tack.

  • The high heel is revolutionary, and evolutionary, as an engrossing Brooklyn Museum show reveals.

  • The left heel followed like lightning, and the right paw also slipped, letting the bear again fall heavily on the ice below.

  • And with another bow the man from Paris drew himself erect, turned on his heel, and went jingling and creaking from the room.

  • With which magnanimous sentiment he turned on his clumsy heel, and entered his apartment again.

  • He believes, he has an instinct, that here is the heel of the German Colossus, otherwise immune to our arrows.

  • But her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet.