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| 1 | the back part of your foot , below your ankle 脚后跟；踵 |
| I’ ve got a sore heel. 我脚后跟痛。 |
| A little dog followed them, snapping at their heels. 一只小狗跟在他们后面，猛咬他们的脚后跟。 |
| sit back on your heels He sat back on his heels and swore. 他坐下后就骂了起来。 |
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| 2 | the part underneath the back of a shoe 鞋后跟 |
| black boots with low heels 低跟黑色靴子 |
| | 2a | plural women’ s shoes with high heels 高跟鞋 | |
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| 3 | the part of a sock etc that goes over the back of your foot . The other end is called the toe . 袜后跟 |
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| 4 | the part of the front of your hand nearest your wrist 手掌根 |
| Apply some pressure to your lower back with the heels of your hands. 用双手掌根按压背的下半部。 |
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| - | at sb’ s heels
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| just behind someone |
| 紧跟在某人后面 |
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| I pushed my way through the crowd, Jules at my heels. 我从人群中挤过去，朱尔斯紧跟在我后面。 |
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| - | bring/call sb to heel
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| to make someone do what you want them to do |
| 使某人就范（或俯首贴耳） |
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| - | (hard/hot/close) on the heels of
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| 1 | following close behind someone or something 紧跟在…后面 | TV camera teams arrived hot on the heels of the police. 几个电视摄像组紧跟在警方之后到了。 | |
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| 2 | happening soon after another event 紧接在…之后发生 | Her remarks came hard on the heels of a statement by the President. 总统发表声明之后，她紧跟着发表了评论。 | |
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| - | take to your heels mainly literary
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| to run away from someone , especially because you have done something wrong |
| (尤指因做了坏事而)逃跑，拔腿而逃 |
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| - | turn/spin on your heel mainly literary
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| to turn quickly |
| 快速转身；急忙掉头 |
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| - | under sb’ s heel mainly literary
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| under someone’ s complete control |
| 在某人的完全控制之下 |
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| See also | | - cool 2 | | - dig 1 | | - head 1 | | - kick 1 | |
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