heeler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gamecock that strikes well with its heels or spurs.
  2. A quick runner.
    — That a crowd of Sydney stealers, Jockeys, pugilists and spielers Brought some horses, real heelers, Came and put us through.
  3. A dog that readily comes to heel.
    — If your dog is a good heeler, you'll find some competition in the obedience ring.
  4. A dog used for cattle droving. Australia
    — [A] blue roan, a kind of dog that Jennifer had never seen before. She asked Tim what it was, and he said it was a "heeler", but when she pressed him to say if that was a breed or not, he could not tell her. It was a heeler because it went for the heels of the cattle and not their heads, apparently.
  5. A dependent and subservient hanger-on of a political patron. US,dated,slang
    — The army of hungry heelers who do their bidding.
  6. The rodeo performer who ropes the steer by its hind feet after the header has turned it.
  7. A student journalist at Yale University. US

词形变化

heelers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
blue heeler Lancashire Heeler ward heeler

词源

Etymology tree
Middle English hele
English heel
English -er
English heeler
From heel + -er.
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