英语词汇“to come to heel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) to come to heel: (of a dog) to follow closely behind an accompanying person when commanded; (figurative) to come under another's control, to be obedient or compliant. Similarly to keep (go, walk, follow, etc.) to heel.

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1810 Sporting Mag. July 149/1 They will back, or come to heel, as commanded.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. iii. 72 The younger of the three animals.., unaccustomed, perhaps, to distant journeys, and the duty of following to heel, had strayed from the party.

1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1874) iii. 35 Whose passions are trained to come to heel.

1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere vi. 45 We did so, the dogs, a spaniel and a retriever, keeping to heel.

1905 W. G. Eley Retrievers & Retrieving ii. 57 On no account let him quit your side, but always make him walk-to-heel, for a few paces at any rate, before allowing him to hunt.

1939 Times 4 Mar. 7/7 With all their talk, the Conservative dissidents always came to heel when it came to a vote.

1963 D. Lessing Man & Two Women 54 Perhaps we would have ended up with a brace of efficient and obedient animals, ever-ready to die, to go to heel.

2001 S. Walton Out of It (2002) iv. 142 Now senior police personnel once more advocate killing even for recreational smokers of cannabis because they won't come to heel.

单词	to come to heel
释义	> as lemmas to come to heel (a) to come to heel: (of a dog) to follow closely behind an accompanying person when commanded; (figurative) to come under another's control, to be obedient or compliant. Similarly to keep (go, walk, follow, etc.) to heel. ΚΠ 1810 Sporting Mag. July 149/1 They will back, or come to heel, as commanded. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. iii. 72 The younger of the three animals.., unaccustomed, perhaps, to distant journeys, and the duty of following to heel, had strayed from the party. 1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. (1874) iii. 35 Whose passions are trained to come to heel. 1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere vi. 45 We did so, the dogs, a spaniel and a retriever, keeping to heel. 1905 W. G. Eley Retrievers & Retrieving ii. 57 On no account let him quit your side, but always make him walk-to-heel, for a few paces at any rate, before allowing him to hunt. 1939 Times 4 Mar. 7/7 With all their talk, the Conservative dissidents always came to heel when it came to a vote. 1963 D. Lessing Man & Two Women 54 Perhaps we would have ended up with a brace of efficient and obedient animals, ever-ready to die, to go to heel. 2001 S. Walton Out of It (2002) iv. 142 Now senior police personnel once more advocate killing even for recreational smokers of cannabis because they won't come to heel. extracted from heeln.¹int. < as lemmas
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