heel
US: /ˈhiɫ/
UK: /hˈiːl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
heel /hi:l/- danh từ
- gót chân
- gót móng (ngựa...); (số nhiều) chân sau (loài thú bốn chân)
- gót (giày, bít tất)
- đầu cán vĩ (đàn viôlông); đầu cong (của gậy đánh gôn)
- (hàng hải) đuôi sống tàu; chân cột buồm
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) đồ đê tiện, kẻ đáng khinh
- Achilles' heel
- gót A-sin, điểm dễ bị tổn thương
- at somebody's heel
- at (on, upon) somebody's heels
- theo sát gót ai
- to be carried with the heels foremost
- đã cho vào sáu tấm đem đi
- to come to heel
- lẽo đẽo theo sau chủ (chó)
- to come (follow) upon the heels of somebody
- theo sát gót ai
- to cool (kick) one's heels
- đứng chờ mỏi gối
- to be down at heel(s)
- (xem) down
- to fling (pick) up one's heels
- to show a clean pair of heels
- to take to one's heels
- vắt chân lên cỏ mà chạy; bỏ chạy
- to gets (have) the heels of somebody
- to show the heels to somebody
- chạy vượt ai, chạy nhanh hơn ai
- hairy about (at, in) the heel
- (xem) hairy
- head over heels
- heels over head
- lộn tùng phèo
- the iron heel
- gót sắt; sự áp chế tàn bạo
- to kick up one's heels
- chết
- (từ lóng) nhảy cỡn lên
- to lay (clap, set) somebody by the heels
- bắt bỏ tù ai, bắt giam ai; giam hãm ai
- out at heels
- rách gót (bít tất)
- đi bít tất rách gót; ăn mặc nghèo nàn rách rưới
- to turn on one's heels
- (xem) turn
- to turn up one's heels
- chết
- under heel
- bị giày xéo, sống dưới gót giày
- heels over head
- ngoại động từ
- đóng (gót giày); đan gót (bít tất)
- theo sát gót
- (thể dục,thể thao) ((thường) + out) đá gót (để đẩy quả bóng ra khỏi chỗ đang xô lấn)
- (thể dục,thể thao) đánh bằng đầu cong của gậy (đánh gôn)
- to show the heels to somebody
- nội động từ
- giậm gót chân (khi nhảy múa)
- giậm gót chân (khi nhảy múa)
- to take to one's heels
- nội động từ
- (hàng hải) sự nghiêng đi (tàu thuỷ)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
part of foot
1 [C] the back part of the foot below the ankle
part of sock / shoe
2 [C] the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel
3 [C] the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back: shoes with a low / high heel + a stiletto heel + The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.
Compare: SOLE n. (2)
-heeled
4 (in adjectives) having the type of heel mentioned: high-heeled shoes
See also -WELL HEELED
shoes
5 (heels) [pl.] a pair of women's shoes that have high heels: She doesn't often wear heels.
part of hand
6 [C] ~ of your hand / palm the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist
unpleasant man
7 [C] (old-fashioned, informal) a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted
See also -ACHILLES' HEEL ,DOWN AT HEEL
Idioms: at / on sb's heels following closely behind sb: He fled from the stadium with the police at his heels.
bring sb/sth to heel
1 to force sb to obey you and accept discipline: a non-violent means of bringing the rebels to heel
2 to make a dog come close to you
come to heel
1 (of a person) to agree to obey sb and accept their discipline
2 (of a dog) to come close to the person who has called it
(hard / hot) on sb's / sth's heels very close behind sb/sth; very soon after sth: News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures. + He ran ahead, with the others hot on his heels
take to your heels to run away from sb/sth
turn / spin on your heel to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction
under the heel of sb (literary) completely controlled by sb: The island spent several centuries under the heel of the British Empire.
more at COOL v., DIG v., DRAG v., HEAD n., KICK v., TREAD v.
+ verb
repair shoe
1 [VN] to repair the heel of a shoe, etc.
of boat
2 [V] ~ (over) to lean over to one side: The boat heeled over in the strong wind.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.1 end, butt or tail or fag (end), stump, remainder, remnant, rind, crust:You can always freeze the heel of a loaf to use at some later date for breadcrumbs2 cad, scoundrel, swine, rogue, scamp, philanderer, Old-fashioned worm, knave, Chiefly Brit blackguard, Colloq Brit rotter, Old-fashioned bounder, Slang bastard, Brit sod:He's an absolute heel - he got her pregnant and then left her.3 down at heel. US also down at the heels; poor, destitute, impoverished, down and out, on (one's) uppers, in straitened circumstances; shabby, seedy, dowdy, run-down, slovenly, Brit out at elbows, US out at the elbows, Colloq broke, strapped:Farrington looked down at heel, so I slipped him a fiver.4 take to (one's) heels. take flight, flee, escape, run off or away, show a clean pair of heels, Colloq split, Brit do a moonlight flit, US take a (run-out) powder, fly the coop, Australian and New Zealand shoot through:When I mentioned payment, she took to her heels.v.5 dog, follow (closely), shadow, chase, pursue:We have taught our puppy to heel.v.list, lean (over), tilt, tip, incline:The boat heeled as we turned to beat into the wind.
Collocation
1 back part of the foot
VERB + HEEL
lean back on, sit back on, squat onShe took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels.| rock (back) onThe punch rocked him back on his heels. He rocked back and forth on his heels as he laughed.| pivot on, spin on, turn onHe turned on his heel and marched away angrily.| click (together)The officer clicked his heels together and saluted.| catchShe caught her heel and tripped.| injureHEEL + VERB
clickHEEL + NOUN
injuryPREP.
at your ~sShe 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
barI took my shoes to a heel bar to have them repaired.
Concise dictionary
heels|heeled|heelinghɪːl
noun
+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
+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
verb
+tilt to one side
+follow at the heels of a person
+perform with the heels
+strike with the heel of the club
+put a new heel on
- to show a clean pair of heels
- at (on, upon) somebody's heels
