| 单词 | heel |
| 释义 | heel (once / 186 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4v Your heel is the rear part of your foot. Most people walk by placing their weight first on one heel, then shifting to their toes before stepping with the opposite foot. If you take tap dancing lessons, you'll learn to tap with both your toes and your heels — feet have heels, and so do shoes. The base of the palm of your hand is also a heel, and when you walk your dog on a leash, keeping her at your side, you're teaching her to heel. The word also describes the very end of a loaf of bread, or an utter jerk — this informal meaning comes from U.S. mobster slang. WORD FAMILYheel: heeled, heeling, heels USAGE EXAMPLESThey beat the Tar Heels by 31 last season, which was their most lopsided win in series history. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Bad publicity and worried stockholders were enough to bring a company to heel. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) She kept on smiling and strutting in her high heels; she held her microphone toward the crowd. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n the back part of the human foot Hyper skeletal structure any structure created by the skeleton of an organism 2n the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation Hypo|Hyper Cuban heel a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes French heela fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes spike, spike heel, stiletto heela very high narrow heel on women's shoes stacked heela heel made of many layers of leather wedge, wedge heela heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe wineglass heela heel on a woman's shoe in the shape of a wineglass bottom, underside, undersurface the lower side of anything 3n (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft Hyper part, portion something less than the whole of a human artifact 4n the lower end of a ship's mast Hyper end, terminal either extremity of something that has length 5v follow at the heels of a person Hyper follow, travel along travel along a certain course 6v put a new heel on heel shoes Syn|Hyper reheel bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken 7v perform with the heels heel that dance Hyper dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance 8v strike with the heel of the club 2heel a golf ball Hyper hit cause to move by striking n someone who is morally reprehensible 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper blackguard, bounder, cad, dog, hound perisher bounder scoundrel, villain a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately n one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread 4Hyper end, terminal either extremity of something that has length v tilt to one side The balloon heeled over the wind made the vessel heel Syn|Hyper list lean, list cause to lean to the side angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip to incline or bend from a vertical position |
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