heel
英 [hiːl]
美[hil]
- n. 脚后跟；踵
- vt. 倾侧
- vi. 倾侧
- n. (Heel)人名；(德)黑尔
词态变化
复数: heels;第三人称单数: heels;过去式: heeled;现在分词: heeling;
助记提示
1. 谐音“鞋(四川方言发音：hai)哦、后哦”------鞋后哦-----脚后哦-----脚后跟哦。
2. high heel 高跟鞋.
3. heels 高跟鞋.
4. 阿喀琉斯之踵（Achilles' Heel），原指阿喀琉斯的脚跟，因是其唯一一个没有浸泡到神水的地方，是他唯一的弱点。后来在特洛伊战争中被人射中致命，现在一般是指致命的弱点，要害。
阿喀琉斯，是凡人珀琉斯和美貌仙女忒提斯的宝贝儿子。忒提斯为了让儿子炼成“金钟罩”，在他刚出生时就将其倒提着浸进冥河，遗憾的是，乖儿被母亲捏住的脚后跟却不慎露在水外，全身留下了惟一一处“死穴”。后来，阿喀琉斯被太阳神阿波罗一箭射中了脚踝而死去。后人常以“阿喀琉斯之踵”譬喻这样一个道理：即使是再强大的英雄，他也有致命的死穴或软肋。
2. high heel 高跟鞋.
3. heels 高跟鞋.
4. 阿喀琉斯之踵（Achilles' Heel），原指阿喀琉斯的脚跟，因是其唯一一个没有浸泡到神水的地方，是他唯一的弱点。后来在特洛伊战争中被人射中致命，现在一般是指致命的弱点，要害。
阿喀琉斯，是凡人珀琉斯和美貌仙女忒提斯的宝贝儿子。忒提斯为了让儿子炼成“金钟罩”，在他刚出生时就将其倒提着浸进冥河，遗憾的是，乖儿被母亲捏住的脚后跟却不慎露在水外，全身留下了惟一一处“死穴”。后来，阿喀琉斯被太阳神阿波罗一箭射中了脚踝而死去。后人常以“阿喀琉斯之踵”譬喻这样一个道理：即使是再强大的英雄，他也有致命的死穴或软肋。
中文词源
heel 脚跟
来自PIE*kenk,弯，转，膝弯，脚弯，词源同hock,kink,-el,小词后缀。引申词义脚跟。拼写比较nail,tile.
英英释意
- 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
英文词源
- heel
- heel: English has two separate words heel. The one that names the rear part of the foot [OE] comes ultimately from Germanic *khangkh-, which also produced English hock ‘quadruped’s joint corresponding to the human ankle’. From it was derived *khākhil-, source of Dutch hiel, Swedish häl, Danish hæl, and English heel. Heel ‘tilt, list’ [16] is probably descended from the Old English verb hieldan ‘incline’ (which survived dialectally into the 19th century), its -d mistaken as a past tense or past participle ending and removed to form a new infinitive. Hieldan itself came ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic adjective *khalthaz ‘inclined’.
=> hock - heel (n.1)
- "back of the foot," Old English hela, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilon (cognates: Old Norse hæll, Old Frisian hel, Dutch hiel), from PIE *kenk- (3) "heel, bend of the knee" (source also of Old English hoh "hock").
Meaning "back of a shoe or boot" is c. 1400. Down at heels (1732) refers to heels of boots or shoes worn down and the owner too poor to replace them. For Achilles' heel "only vulnerable spot" see Achilles. To "fight with (one's) heels" (fighten with heles) in Middle English meant "to run away." - heel (v.2)
- "to lean to one side," in reference to a ship, Old English hieldan "incline, lean, slope," from Proto-Germanic *helthijan (cognates: Middle Dutch helden "to lean," Dutch hellen, Old Norse hallr "inclined," Old High German halda, German halde "slope, declivity"). Re-spelled 16c. from Middle English hield, probably by misinterpretation of -d as a past tense suffix.
- heel (n.2)
- "contemptible person," 1914 in U.S. underworld slang, originally "incompetent or worthless criminal," perhaps from a sense of "person in the lowest position" and thus from heel (n.1).
- heel (v.1)
- of a dog, "to follow or stop at a person's heels," 1810, from heel (n.1). Also see heeled.
词组搭配
at (或 to) heel
(of a dog) close to and slightly behind its owner
（狗）紧跟主人
at (或 on) the heels of
following closely after
紧跟…之后
he headed off with Sammy at his heels.
他率先离开，萨米紧跟其后。
bring someone to heel
bring someone under control
使某人就范
cool (或 英
be kept waiting
久等
down at heel
(of a shoe) with the heel worn down
（鞋）后跟磨损的
in the heel of the hunt
(Irish)at the last minute; finally
(爱尔兰)在最后一分钟，在最后时刻；最后，终于
in the heel of the hunt, the outcome of the match was decided by a penalty.
最后，比赛输赢由一点球决定。
kick up one's heels
(chieflyN. Amer.)have a lively, enjoyable time
(主北美)度过轻松愉快的时光
set (或 rock) someone back on their heels
astonish or discomfit someone
使某人震惊（或狼狈）
take to one's heels
run away
逃跑
turn on one's heel
turn sharply round
急向后转
under the heel of
dominated or controlled by
受…支配（或控制）
the Greeks spent several centuries under the heel of the Ottoman Empire.
希腊人在奥托曼帝国统治下度过了几个世纪。
down at the heels
Having one's shoe heels worn down.
磨损的：鞋跟穿掉了的
Shabby; rundown; poor.
褴褛的：衣衫褴褛的；邋遢的；贫穷的
lay by the heels
To put in fetters or shackles; imprison.
逮捕：给某人戴上镣铐；把某人逮捕入狱
on the heels of 或 upon the heels of
Directly behind.
跟随的：径直跟在后面的
Immediately following.
紧随其后的
实用场景例句
- The boat heeled over in the strong wind.
- 船在狂风中倾侧了。
牛津词典
- News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures.
- 出口数字下降之后紧接着就是失业率上升的消息。
牛津词典
- He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.
- 他逃离了运动场，警察在后面紧追不舍。
牛津词典
- She doesn't often wear heels.
- 她不常穿高跟鞋。
牛津词典
- high-heeled shoes
- 高跟鞋
牛津词典
- The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.
- 中士将鞋跟咔哒一并，走了出去。
牛津词典
- a stiletto heel
- 细高跟
牛津词典
- shoes with a low/high heel
- 低 / 高跟鞋
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He simply turned on his heel and walked away.
- 他突然就转身走开了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...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
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the old adage that you shouldn't wear heels with trousers.
- 高跟鞋不能和裤子搭配的俗话
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...two well-dressed ladies in high heels...
- 两位穿着高跟鞋、打扮入时的女士
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the shoes with the high heels.
- 高跟鞋
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He kicked it shut with the heel of his boot.
- 他用靴子的后跟将它踢上。
柯林斯高阶英语词典