Heel

(noun.) the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation.

(noun.) (golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft.

(noun.) the lower end of a ship's mast.

(noun.) the back part of the human foot.

(noun.) one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread.

(verb.) put a new heel on; 'heel shoes'.

(verb.) strike with the heel of the club; 'heel a golf ball'.

(verb.) perform with the heels; 'heel that dance'.

(verb.) follow at the heels of a person.

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• The first of these, the Appian Way, ran from Rome ultimately into the heel of Italy. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• From heel to toe they were fully three feet long, and very flat and very broad. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• So saying, he turned quickly on his heel, and shut the door after him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The captain was on the point of making an angry reply, but, thinking better of it, turned on his heel and black and scowling, strode aft. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• With those words, Mr. Pickwick turned slowly on his heel, and rejoined his friends. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• With these affecting words, Mr. Weller looked steadfastly on his son, and turning slowly upon his heel, disappeared from his sight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• That stupid high heel turned and gave me a sad wrench. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• In his case a trailer of ivy had given way under his weight, and we saw by the light of a lantern the mark on the lawn where his heels had come down. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He rushed across the glade, Holmes and I at his heels. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• In two's the men would approach each animal selected, avoiding as far as possible its heels. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Grant Munro rushed into the lighted room at the top, and we entered at his heels. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I felt unusually alarmed, and trusting to the lightness of my heels I began to run as fast as I possibly could. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Keep close at my heels, and come along. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Close at his heels came the colonel himself, a man rather over the middle size, but of an exceeding thinness. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• She was not fascinated, only puzzled, by his grinning, his simpering, his scented cambric handkerchief, and his high-heeled lacquered boots. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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