heel
Từ điển Collocation
heel noun
1 back part of the foot
VERB + HEEL lean back on, sit back on, squat on She took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels. | rock (back) on The punch rocked him back on his heels. He rocked back and forth on his heels as he laughed. | pivot on, spin on, turn on He turned on his heel and marched away angrily. | click (together) The officer clicked his heels together and saluted. | catch She caught her heel and tripped. | injure
HEEL + VERB click
HEEL + NOUN injury
PREP. at your ~s She came up the path with two little dogs at her heels. | under the ~ (figurative) For years the nation had been under the heel of a dictatorial regime.
PHRASES (close/hard/hot) on your heels (figurative) They reached the border with the police hot on their heels.
2 part of a shoe/sock
ADJ. flat, low | high, spike, stiletto | three-inch, etc.
HEEL + NOUN bar I took my shoes to a heel bar to have them repaired.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
- the back part of the human foot
- someone who is morally reprehensible; cad, bounder, blackguard, dog, hound
you dirty dog
- one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
- the lower end of a ship's mast
- (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
heels|heeled|heeling
syn.: blackguard bounder cad dog hound list reheel