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heels /hiːlz/► SEE ALLat/on sb’s heelshard/hot on sb’s heelstake to your heelscool your heelsdig your heels indrag your feet/heelshead over heels (in love)kick up your heelskick your heelsshow (sb) a clean pair of heelstread on sb’s heels
●at/on sb’s ˈheelsfollowing closely behind sb 紧随某人◆Every day she walks past my house, with her little black dog at her heels.
她每天从我家门前走过，她的小黑狗紧跟着她。●hard/hot on sb’s ˈheelsfollowing sb closely because you want to catch them 跟踪；追赶；紧随其后◆Jane has the most points at the moment, but the other competitors are hot on her heels.
现在简得分最高，但是其他选手的分数和她咬得很紧。◆The police are hard on his heels.
警察在严密跟踪他。●ˌtake to your ˈheelsrun away very quickly 飞奔逃跑◆The burglars took to their heels when they heard the police arrive.
窃贼听见警察来了，拔腿就跑。●ˌcool your ˈheels (informal) be kept waiting 被迫等待；久等◆The bank manager had asked to see her at four o’clock but she had to sit cooling her heels for almost 45 minutes.银行经理说四点钟见她，可是她等了近 45 分钟。●ˌdig your ˈheels in (informal) refuse to do sth or to change your views 拒不让步；固执己见◆A number of councils have dug their heels in over the government’s request to reduce spending.几个委员会在政府要求削减开支的问题上拒不让步。 OPP give way (to sb/sth) ●drag your ˈfeet/ˈheelsdo sth very slowly or delay doing sth because you do not want to do it 故意拖拉；磨洋工◆How much longer will the government go on dragging its feet about whether to invest more money in the railways?在是否对铁路增加投资的问题上政府究竟还要拖延多久？●head over ˈheels (in ˈlove)completely in love 迷恋；深爱着◆He’s head over heels in love with his new girlfriend.他深深地爱着自己的新女友。●kick up your ˈheels (informal, especially NAmE) be relaxed and enjoy yourself 轻松愉快一番◆Now that he’s more confident in his job, perhaps he can kick up his heels and stop looking so worried all the time.既然他对工作信心更足了，也许他可以轻松一下，不用整天愁眉苦脸了。●kick your ˈheels (BrE, informal) have nothing to do while you are waiting for sth 无聊地等待；坐冷板凳；空等◆I’ve been kicking my heels here for an hour, waiting for the passport office to open.我等护照申领处开门已经苦等了一个小时了。●show (sb) a clean pair of ˈheels (informal) 1. run away 跑掉；溜之大吉◆They ran after her, but she showed them a clean pair of heels.他们在后面追她，可是她很快跑掉了。2. get ahead of sb in a competition （在竞争中）领先于◆As makers of quality software, they’ve shown the rest of the industry a clean pair of heels.作为优质软件制造商，他们令同行望尘莫及。●ˌtread on sb’s ˈheelsfollow sb closely 紧随某人◆In the end she left the meeting room, with her assistant treading hard on her heels.最后她离开了会议室，她的助手紧随其后。 |