heel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /hiːl/    美 /hil/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.
    — [T]he boat, from a sudden gust of wind, taking a deep heel, I tumbled overboard and down I went […] .
  2. The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
    — He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, / His winged heels and then his armed head.
  3. The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
  4. The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
  5. The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
    — He drove the heel of his hand into the man's nose.
  6. A high-heeled shoe. plural-normally
    — She'd been wearing heels, and fell backward off her right heel and twisted or broke her ankle.
  7. The back, upper part of the stock.
  8. The thickening of the neck of a stringed instrument where it attaches to the body.
  9. The last or lowest part of anything.
    — the heel of a mast
  10. A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread. Australia,Ireland,Scotland,US
    — the heel of the white loaf
  11. The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise. US
    — The bottom half, or the bun heel is placed in the carton, and the pickle slices spread evenly over the meat or cheese.
  12. A contemptible, unscrupulous, inconsiderate, or thoughtless person. informal
    — I grinned at him sneeringly. I was the heel to end all heels. Wait until the man is down, then kick him and kick him again. He's weak. He can't resist or kick back.
  13. A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies villainous or reprehensible traits and demonstrates characteristics of a braggart and a bully. broadly,slang
    — Freedman began his analysis by noting two important facts about professional wrestling: First, that heels triumph considerably more often than do babyfaces[…]
  14. The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
  15. Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
  16. The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
  17. The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. US,specifically
  18. A cyma reversa. obsolete
    — Of these there are two Kinds; in the one, that Part which has the greatest Projecture is Concave, and is term'd Doucine, or an Upright Ogee; in the other, the Convex Part has the greatest Projecture; and this is call'd the Heel, or Inverted Ogee.
  19. The short side of an angled cut.
  20. The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
  21. The lower end of the bit (cutting edge) of an axehead, as opposed to the toe (upper end).
  22. The part of a carding machine's flat nearest the cylinder.
  23. The junction between the keel and the stempost of a vessel; an angular wooden join connecting the two.
  24. Material stored in a smelting furnace between batches
动词 v.
  1. To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
    — She called to her dog to heel.
  2. To incline to one side; to tilt.
    — The faster a ship sails, the better she will answer her helm; if she sail very slow, she will scarce steer at all. If she heel much, she won't answer the helm so well.
  3. Alternative form of hele (“cover; conceal”). alt-of,alternative,especially,rare
    — They should be dug up with a sharp mattock or grub hoe, the roots being broken as little as possible, and they should be heeled in a cool place and protected from the sun until ready to plant. When lifted for planting from the trench in which heeled the roots should be kept covered with a wet sack.
  4. To cause to follow at somebody’s heels (transitive).
  5. To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
  6. To kick with the heel.
    — she heeled her horse forward
  7. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc. transitive
    — I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt.
  8. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting. transitive
  9. To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club. transitive
  10. To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the ground and the toe up. transitive
  11. At Yale University, to work as a heeler or student journalist. US,intransitive

词形变化

heels plural heels present,singular,third-person heeling participle,present heeled participle,past heeled past heels present,singular,third-person heeling participle,present heeled participle,past heeled past heels plural heels present,singular,third-person heeling participle,present heeled participle,past heeled past

词汇关系

近义词
boot butt crust ender knob-end outsider
反义词
babyface toe
衍生词
Achilles' heel Achilles heel at someone's heels backheel back-heel bootheel bring someone to heel bring to heel cool one's heels couldn't pour water out of a boot with the instructions on the heel cowheel Cuban heel dig in one's heels down-at-heel down at heel down at the heel down-at-the-heel down at the heels down-at-the-heels down in the heel down in the heels free-heel skiing French heel headless over heels head over heels heel-and-toe heelball heel bar heel bone heelbone heel-dragger heeler heel-face turn heel flip heelflip heelful heel hook heelie heelies heelish heelless heel lift heel over heel pad syndrome heel palm heel-palm heelpath heelpiece heelplate heelpost heelprint heelproof heel ring heelside heel stick heel strike heelstrike heeltap heel turn heelwork high-heel high heel high heels his heels hot on somebody's heels hot on someone's heels iron heel kick one's heels kick up one's heels kitten heel larkheel lark's-heel lay by the heels Louis heel midheel neck and heels out at heels out at the heels Parliamentary heel pencil heel reheel roundheels rubber heels shit heel shitheel shit-heel show a clean pair of heels sit back on one's heels skyscraper heel snap at someone's heels spike heel stiletto heel stripper heel take to one's heels Tar Heel toe-and-heel to heel turn on one's heel upon the heels of wedge heel well-heeled wire-heel heel out heel up

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Middle English hele
English heel
From Middle English hele, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō, from Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel, hock”), equivalent to hock + -le. More at hock.
Compare North Frisian haiel, West Frisian hyl, Dutch hiel, German Low German Hiel, Danish and Norwegian hæl, Swedish häl.
词源 2
Probably inferred from hielded, the past tense of hield, from Middle English helden, heelden, from Old English hyldan, hieldan (“to incline”), cognate with Old Norse hella (“to pour out”) (whence Danish hælde (“lean, pour”)).
词源 3
See hele (“conceal, keep secret, cover”).
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