- [countable]
the back part of the foot below the ankle 脚跟；脚后跟 
Apply the cream to dry, cracked heels before bed. 睡觉前把面霜涂在干裂的脚后跟上。 - on your heels
She took a potato from the fire and sat back on her heels. 她从火堆里掏出一个马铃薯，蹲下身来。
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb2The punch rocked him back on his heels. 那一拳打得他向后趔趄了几步。 Despite severe pain from a badly bruised heel, he ran the race of his life. 尽管脚后跟严重擦伤，疼痛难忍，他还是参加了人生的赛跑。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + heel- lean back on
- sit back on
- squat on
- …
- click
- injury
- at your heels
- under the heel
- close on somebody’s heels
- hard on somebody’s heels
- hot on somebody’s heels
- …
- [countable]
the part of a sock, etc. that covers the heel （袜子等的）后跟 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- low
- high
- spike
- …
- catch
- bar
- [countable]
the raised part on the bottom of a shoe, boot, etc. that makes the shoe, etc. higher at the back （鞋、靴子等的）后跟 
shoes with a low/high heel 低跟鞋；高跟鞋 a stiletto heel 细高跟 He crushed the cigarette under the heel of his shoe. 他把香烟压在鞋跟下。 The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out. 中士将鞋跟咔哒一并，走了出去。
Homophones heal | heel | he'llheal heel he'llcompare sole- heal verb
Salt can heal wounds. 盐可以愈合伤口。
- heel noun
Her heel caught in the stairs and she tumbled down. 她的脚后跟被楼梯绊了一下，摔倒了。
- he'll short form he will
He'll arrive in a minute! 他马上就要到了！
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionb2She caught her heel and tripped on the step. 她脚跟绊了一下，在台阶上打了个趔趄。 I took my shoes to a heel bar to have them repaired. 我把鞋送到修鞋店去修。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- low
- high
- spike
- …
- catch
- bar
(in adjectives 构成形容词 having the type of heel mentioned 有…后跟的 high-heeled shoes 高跟鞋
- heels[plural]
a pair of women’s shoes that have high heels 女高跟鞋 
- [countable] heel of your hand/palm
the raised part of the inside of the hand where it joins the wrist 手掌根（手掌靠近腕部的隆起部分） - [countable] (old-fashioned, informal)
a man who is unpleasant to other people and cannot be trusted 卑鄙的家伙；浑蛋 see also Achilles heel, down at heel
part of foot脚的部位
part of sock/shoe袜子／鞋的部分
-heeled后跟…的
shoes鞋
part of hand手的部位
unpleasant man可恶的人
Word Originnoun Old English hēla, hǣla, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hiel.
Idioms
at/on somebody’s heels
bring somebody/something to heel
to force somebody to obey you and accept discipline 使某人就范；迫使某人服从（纪律） a non-violent means of bringing the rebels to heel 迫使反叛者就范的非暴力手段
to make a dog come close to you 让狗靠近；唤狗来到身边
come to heel
(of a person 人 to agree to obey somebody and accept their orders 愿意听从（某人）；顺从 (of a dog 狗 to come close to the person who has called it 走近唤狗人
cool your heels
- (informal)
to have to wait for somebody/something 不得不等待；久等
dig your heels/toes in
drag your feet/heels
to be deliberately slow in doing something or in making a decision 故意拖拉；故意延迟（作出决定）
hard/hot on somebody’s/something’s heels
very close behind somebody/something; very soon after something 紧跟；紧接在后 He turned and fled with Peter hot on his heels. 他转身逃跑，彼得穷追不舍。 They reached the border with the police hot on their heels. 他们到了边境，警察紧追其后。 Further successes came hot on the heels of her first best-selling novel. 她的第一部畅销小说之后是接二连三的成功。 News of rising unemployment followed hard on the heels of falling export figures. 出口数字下降之后紧接着就是失业率上升的消息。
head over heels in love
loving somebody very much 深深爱着某人；迷恋
kick your heels
kick up your heels
- (especially North American English, informal)
to be relaxed and enjoy yourself 轻轻松松；尽情享乐
take to your heels
to run away from somebody/something 逃走；溜掉
tread on somebody’s heels
to follow somebody closely 紧随某人之后；步人后尘
turn/spin on your heel
to turn around suddenly so that you are facing in the opposite direction 急向后转；突然转身 He turned on his heel and marched away angrily. 他猛地转过身，愤怒地大步离开了。
under the heel of somebody
- (literary)
completely controlled by somebody 完全受某人控制 The island spent several centuries under the heel of the British Empire. 该岛在大英帝国统治下度过了几个世纪。