| 单词 | at a person's heels |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat (also on, upon, †in) a person's heels (a) at (also on, upon, †in) a person's heels and variants: closely following (either in time or space); in close pursuit of; close behind; soon after.See also hard on the heels of at hard adv. Phrases 2, hot on the heels of at hot adj. and n.1 Phrases 6b. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [phrase] > following closely at (also on, upon, in) a person's heelsc1300 at the back ofc1430 on, upon the back (of)1614 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > as follower or retainer of [phrase] at (also on, upon, in) a person's heelsc1300 c1300 St. Clement (Laud) l. 508 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 338 (MED) Euere orn þe se after heom wel faste at heore helene bi-hinde. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1899 Renaud com..& alle þe rabel in a res, ryȝt at his heleȝ. a1555 H. Latimer in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1310/2 It is but a superstition to thynke yt a pater noster cannot be wel sayd wtout an Ave Marie at his heele. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xlix. 13) Death preaceth hard at your heeles. 1589 E. Bunny Briefe Answer Quarrels R. P. 127 Do but proue that to your gentle reader: & the other wil follow vpon it, hard at the heels. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 27 Painter. When comes your Booke forth? Poet. Vpon the heeles of my presentment sir. View more context for this quotation 1650 O. Cromwell Let. 30 July in Writings & Speeches (1939) (modernized text) II. 299 I marching in the heel of them with the residue of the army. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation iii. 188 To have your Dog at your heels. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) Pref. sig. a2 The Hollanders are at our heels, in the race of Naval Power. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xviii. x. 260 Unavailable Repentance treads on his Heels . View more context for this quotation 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 204 Away went Gilpin, and away Went post-boy at his heels. 1821 Examiner 7 Oct. 1/1 To time the insurrection so inconveniently, at the very heels of that awkward Neapolitan business. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 234 So swift trod sorrow on the heels of joy! 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 112 I..kept close at his heels. 1932 Extension Mag. Feb. 7/3 He became positive that the two men close on his heels were shadowing him. 1984 B. MacLaverty Cal (new ed.) 39 The teams came out and at their heels followed the umpires. 1990 DAV Mag. July 16/2 The VA's latest action came on the heels of a decision..to grant disability compensation to Vietnam veterans for non-Hodgkins's lymphoma. 2014 New Yorker 3 Mar. 84/3 Its limber hero..has to negotiate the roofs and the alleyways of his home town with the law at his heels. < as lemmas |
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