heel

1. N-COUNT Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle. 腳后跟

He had an operation on his heel last week. 他上星期腳后跟做了手術(shù)。

2. N-COUNT The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back. 鞋后跟

...the shoes with the high heels. …那些高跟的鞋。

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

She was dressed in heels and a clingy dress. 她穿著高跟鞋和一件貼身連衣裙。

4. N inclined position from the vertical 傾側(cè)(位置)

the boat is at ten degrees of heel

5. V to repair or replace the heel of (shoes, boots, etc) 給(鞋、靴子等)修跟; 換跟

6. V (of a vessel) to lean over; list (船)傾斜; 使(船)傾斜

7. PHRASE 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. 固執(zhí)己見

It was really the British who, by digging their heels in, prevented any last-minute deal. 正是英國人，因其固執(zhí)己見，妨礙了最后一刻交易的達成。

8. PHRASE 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. 接踵而至

Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good. 遺憾的是，壞消息緊接著好消息而來。

9. PHRASE 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. 緊跟…之后[強調(diào)]

They sped through the southwest with the law hot on their heels. 他們飛速穿越西南部，警察緊隨其后。

10. head over heels→see head

11. to drag your heels→see drag