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heel 音标拼音: [h'il] n. 脚后跟,踵,后部,倾侧
vt. 尾随,装以鞋跟,倾侧,追赶
vi. 紧随,用脚后跟传球 脚後跟,踵,後部,倾侧尾随,装以鞋跟,倾侧,追赶紧随,用脚後跟传球 heel n 1: the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation 2: the back part of the human foot 3: someone who is morally reprehensible; " you dirty dog" [ synonym: { cad}, { bounder}, { blackguard}, { dog}, { hound}, { heel}] 4: one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread 5: the lower end of a ship' s mast 6: ( golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft v 1: tilt to one side; " The balloon heeled over"; " the wind made the vessel heel"; " The ship listed to starboard" [ synonym: { list}, { heel}] 2: follow at the heels of a person 3: perform with the heels; " heel that dance" 4: strike with the heel of the club; " heel a golf ball" 5: put a new heel on; " heel shoes" [ synonym: { heel}, { reheel}] Heel \ Heel\, n. [ OE. hele, heele, AS. h[= e] la, perh. for h[= o] hila, fr. AS. h[= o] h heel ( cf. { Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[= e] la, Icel. h[ ae] ll, Dan. h[ ae] l, Sw. h[ aum] l, and L. calx. [ root] 12. Cf. { Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. [ 1913 Webster] He [ the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. -- Denham. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. " The heel of a hunt." -- A. Trollope. " The heel of the white loaf." -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. [ 1913 Webster] 5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: ( a) ( Naut.) The after end of a ship' s keel. ( b) ( Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. ( c) ( Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. ( d) ( Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. ( e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Arch.) ( a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. ( b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. -- Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster] 8. ( Golf) The part of the face of the club head nearest the shaft. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 9. In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Heel chain} ( Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. { Heel plate}, the butt plate of a gun. { Heel of a rafter}. ( Arch.) See { Heel}, n., 7. { Heel ring}, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. { Neck and heels}, the whole body. ( Colloq.) { To be at the heels of}, to pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. -- Otway. { To be down at the heel}, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. { To be out at the heels}, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. -- Shak. { To cool the heels}. See under { Cool}. { To go heels over head}, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. { To have the heels of}, to outrun. { To lay by the heels}, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. -- Shak. -- Addison. { To show the heels}, to flee; to run from. { To take to the heels}, to flee; to betake to flight. { To throw up another' s heels}, to trip him. -- Bunyan. { To tread upon one' s heels}, to follow closely. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Heel \ Heel\ ( h[= e] l), v. i. [ OE. helden to lean, incline, AS. heldan, hyldan; akin to Icel. halla, Dan. helde, Sw. h[ aum] lla to tilt, pour, and perh. to E. hill.] ( Naut.) To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it. [ 1913 Webster] { Heeling error} ( Naut.), a deviation of the compass caused by the heeling of an iron vessel to one side or the other. [ 1913 Webster]
Heel \ Heel\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Heeled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Heeling}.] 1. To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, and the like. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] I cannot sing, Nor heel the high lavolt. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To add a heel to; as, to heel a shoe. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Golf) To hit ( the ball) with the heel of the club. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 5. ( Football) To make ( a fair catch) standing with one foot advanced, the heel on the ground and the toe up. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 209 Moby Thesaurus words for " heel": SOB, accouter, afterpart, afterpiece, appoint, arch, arm, back, back door, back seat, back side, balance, bastard, bear off, bedog, behind, bend, blackguard, bounder, branch off, breech, broke, bugger, cad, cant, careen, change the bearing, chase, clubfoot, come about, come after, come behind, counter, creep, crust, curve, depart from, destitute, detour, deviate, digit, digress, divagate, divaricate, diverge, dog, dowdy, dress, end, equip, escape, extremity, fantail, fart, fetch about, fetlock, fit, fit out, fit up, flee, fly the coop, follow, foot, forefoot, forepaw, furnish, gear, go about, go after, go behind, harefoot, hind end, hind part, hindhead, hood, hoof, hooligan, hound, impoverished, in straitened circumstances, incline, instep, jerk, knave, lay down, lean, lean over, leavings, lie along, list, louse, lowlife, man, meanie, miscreant, mother, move behind, munition, occiput, out at elbows, outfit, pad, pastern, patte, paw, pedal extremity, pedes, pes, philanderer, pied, pill, pivot, pivot about, poop, poor, posterior, postern, prepare, pug, pursue, put about, rascal, rat, rear, rear end, rearward, recline, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, reverse, rig, rig out, rig up, rind, rogue, rotter, round, rudderpost, run away, run off, run- down, scamp, scoundrel, seedy, shabby, shadow, sheer, shift, shit, shithead, shitheel, slope, slovenly, sod, sole, spin, splayfoot, split, staff, stern, stinkard, stinker, strapped, string along, stump, swerve, swine, swing, swing round, swivel, tack, tag, tag after, tag along, tail, tail end, tailgate, tailpiece, take flight, tilt, tip, toe, tootsy, trail, trail after, tread close upon, trend, trotter, turd, turn, turn about, turn around, turn aside, turn out, turn round, turn tail, ungula, vary, veer, veer around, wheel, wheel about, whirl, worm |
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