英语词汇“to bring to heel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(b) to bring to heel: to cause or command (a dog) to follow closely behind one; (figurative) to bring (a person, group, etc.) under control, to make obedient or compliant. Similarly to call to heel.

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1839 Ladies' Compan. Dec. 60/2 Ere he had traversed fifty paces, both bloodhounds challenged fiercely. Calling them instantly to heel, the cavalier alighted.

1853 H. W. Herbert Amer. Game iv. 99 No man is worthy the name of a shot or a sportsman, who cannot, and does not, keep his dogs..under such command that he can turn them to the right or left, bring them to heel, [etc.].

1882 E. Pfeiffer Under Aspens 208 That brings him To heel again.

1884 Scottish Rev. July 15 Hamilton was, however, now substituted for him, and he himself was ordered to stay in his diocese. This, the first crack of the whip, brought him to heel at once.

1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 199 The principals in this droll tale are two. John Craig..and Judy, a zäftick little proposition bent on bringing him to heel.

1988 G. Weston Reign Error xvi. 231 Turner made a rare appearance at the gathering to call his pack to heel, but he was whistling in the wind.

2000 S. Brett Body on Beach (2001) ii. 12 One sharp call was enough to bring the dog to heel.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. c9/1 China has employed a brimming catalog of tactics to bring its western region to heel.

单词	to bring to heel
释义	> as lemmas to bring to heel (b) to bring to heel: to cause or command (a dog) to follow closely behind one; (figurative) to bring (a person, group, etc.) under control, to make obedient or compliant. Similarly to call to heel. ΚΠ 1839 Ladies' Compan. Dec. 60/2 Ere he had traversed fifty paces, both bloodhounds challenged fiercely. Calling them instantly to heel, the cavalier alighted. 1853 H. W. Herbert Amer. Game iv. 99 No man is worthy the name of a shot or a sportsman, who cannot, and does not, keep his dogs..under such command that he can turn them to the right or left, bring them to heel, [etc.]. 1882 E. Pfeiffer Under Aspens 208 That brings him To heel again. 1884 Scottish Rev. July 15 Hamilton was, however, now substituted for him, and he himself was ordered to stay in his diocese. This, the first crack of the whip, brought him to heel at once. 1946 S. J. Perelman Keep it Crisp 199 The principals in this droll tale are two. John Craig..and Judy, a zäftick little proposition bent on bringing him to heel. 1988 G. Weston Reign Error xvi. 231 Turner made a rare appearance at the gathering to call his pack to heel, but he was whistling in the wind. 2000 S. Brett Body on Beach (2001) ii. 12 One sharp call was enough to bring the dog to heel. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 23 Apr. c9/1 China has employed a brimming catalog of tactics to bring its western region to heel. extracted from heeln.¹int. < as lemmas
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