heel-tap
英 ['hi:lt'æp]
美 ['hilt'æp]
英语词源
- heel-tap (n.)
- also heeltap, 1680s, "one of the bits of leather that are stacked up to make a shoe heel" (see heel (n.1)); meaning "bit of liquor left in a glass or bottle" first recorded 1780s; the exact connection is uncertain unless it be "the last or final part."
权威例句
- 1. With a snarl, the second dog made a dive for his heel.
- 伴着一声嗥叫，第二只狗扑向了他的脚后跟。
- 2. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.
- 霍顿的软肋在于他不懂得放权。
- 3. She snagged a heel on a root and tumbled to the ground.
- 她脚后跟被一个树根绊了一下，踉踉跄跄地摔倒在地上。
- 4. He simply turned on his heel and walked away.
- 他突然就转身走开了。
- 5. Her dog yelped and came to heel.
- 她的狗汪地叫了一声，紧跟了上来。