1 N-COUNT 足跟;脚后跟;踵 Your heel is the back part of your foot, just below your ankle. 足跟;脚后跟;踵
2 N-COUNT (鞋)后跟 The heel of a shoe is the raised part on the bottom at the back. (鞋)后跟
3 N-PLURAL (女式)高跟鞋 Heels are women's shoes that are raised very high at the back. (女式)高跟鞋
4 N-COUNT (袜子的)后跟 The heel of a sock or stocking is the part that covers your heel. (袜子的)后跟
5 N-COUNT (近腕处的)手掌根 The heel of your hand is the rounded pad at the bottom of your palm. (近腕处的)手掌根
6 See also: Achilles heel
7 PHRASE 紧跟在后 If a person or an animal is at your heels, they are following close behind you. 紧跟在后
8 PHRASE 使听话;使就范 If you bring someone to heel, you force them to obey you. 使听话;使就范
9 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 咔嚓一声立正(敬礼或问候) If someone such as a soldier clicks their heels, they make a sound by knocking the heels of their shoes together when saluting or greeting someone. 咔嚓一声立正(敬礼或问候)
10 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 久等;空等 If you are cooling your heels, someone is deliberately keeping you waiting, so that you get bored or impatient. 久等;空等 [informal]
11 PHRASE 坚持立场;固执己见 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. 坚持立场;固执己见
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It was really the British who, by digging their heels in, prevented any last-minute deal.
实际上是因为英国人拒不让步,才使得最后一刻达成协议的希望落空了。
12 PHRASE (时间上)紧跟…之后,紧接着 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. (时间上)紧跟…之后,紧接着
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Unfortunately, bad news has come hard on the heels of good.
很遗憾,好消息的后面紧跟着就是坏消息。
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The visit follows hot on the heels of their season at the Edinburgh International Festival.
他们在爱丁堡国际艺术节上的表演季一结束,紧接着又要出访。
13 PHRASE 紧追…之后;紧随…之后 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. 紧追…之后;紧随…之后 [emphasis]
14 PHRASE 无聊地等;不耐烦地等待 If you are kicking your heels, you are having to wait around with nothing to do, so that you get bored or impatient. 无聊地等;不耐烦地等待 [British, informal]
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The authorities wouldn't grant us permission to fly all the way down to San Francisco, so I had to kick my heels at Tunis Airport.
当局不允许我们直飞旧金山,所以我只好在突尼斯机场不耐烦地等待。
15 PHRASE (尤指因生气或吃惊而)突然转身 If you turn on your heel or spin on your heel, you suddenly turn round, especially because you are angry or surprised. (尤指因生气或吃惊而)突然转身
16 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 逃走;脚底开溜 If you take to your heels, you run away. 逃走;脚底开溜 [literary]
17 head over heels→see: head to drag your heels→see: drag
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