英语词汇“to cool one's heels”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P4. to cool one's heels (also †feet, †hooves): to rest, esp. after the feet have become hot with walking; (now usually) to wait, to be kept waiting.

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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > be delayed

hang1494

stick?a1518

supersede1569

to cool one's heels (also feet, hooves)1576

slow1601

stay1642

retard1646

to come by the lame post1658

to cool one's toes1665

1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 61 in Rocke of Regard And nowe they will him coole his feete, He cloyde with yrons great.

1606 A. Nixon Black Yeare sig. D^v Many striuing to stretch beyond compasse shal so heate themselues on New-market-heath, that they shall be constrained to coole their heeles in New-gate.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 340 The soldiers all sat down enrank'd, each by his arms and horse That then lay down and cool'd their hoofs.

1641 Barthol. Faire 4 Who forthwith comitted my little hot furie to the stockes, where we will leave him to coole his heeles.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. vi. ix. 257 In this Parlour, Amelia cooled her Heels, as the Phrase is, near a Quarter of an Hour.

1786 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) iii. 77 We had the pleasure of cooling our heels for half an hour.

1847 C. Brontë Let. ?24 Sept. (1995) I. 542 The train was just gone and I had to cool my heels at the station for two hours.

1849 Southern Literary Messenger Feb. 127/2 The humble visitor is warned not to become impatient..at being left to cool his heels in the ante-room of the White House while more important personages are admitted.

1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. x. 141 Whilst Philip was cooling his heels in Lincoln's Inn Fields, a rather curious scene was in progress.

1954 I. Murdoch Under Net i. 7 So you may imagine how unhappy it makes me to have to cool my heels at Newhaven, waiting for the trains to run again.

1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 June 26/1 He was made to cool his heels in the corridor outside some functionary's office while the great man attended to more urgent matters.

单词	to cool one's heels
释义	> as lemmas to cool one's heels (also †feet, †hooves) P4. to cool one's heels (also †feet, †hooves): to rest, esp. after the feet have become hot with walking; (now usually) to wait, to be kept waiting. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > delay [verb (intransitive)] > be delayed hang1494 stick?a1518 supersede1569 to cool one's heels (also feet, hooves)1576 slow1601 stay1642 retard1646 to come by the lame post1658 to cool one's toes1665 1576 G. Whetstone Ortchard of Repentance 61 in Rocke of Regard And nowe they will him coole his feete, He cloyde with yrons great. 1606 A. Nixon Black Yeare sig. D^v Many striuing to stretch beyond compasse shal so heate themselues on New-market-heath, that they shall be constrained to coole their heeles in New-gate. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 340 The soldiers all sat down enrank'd, each by his arms and horse That then lay down and cool'd their hoofs. 1641 Barthol. Faire 4 Who forthwith comitted my little hot furie to the stockes, where we will leave him to coole his heeles. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. vi. ix. 257 In this Parlour, Amelia cooled her Heels, as the Phrase is, near a Quarter of an Hour. 1786 E. Sheridan Let. in Betsy Sheridan's Jrnl. (1986) iii. 77 We had the pleasure of cooling our heels for half an hour. 1847 C. Brontë Let. ?24 Sept. (1995) I. 542 The train was just gone and I had to cool my heels at the station for two hours. 1849 Southern Literary Messenger Feb. 127/2 The humble visitor is warned not to become impatient..at being left to cool his heels in the ante-room of the White House while more important personages are admitted. 1884 H. R. Haggard Dawn I. x. 141 Whilst Philip was cooling his heels in Lincoln's Inn Fields, a rather curious scene was in progress. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net i. 7 So you may imagine how unhappy it makes me to have to cool my heels at Newhaven, waiting for the trains to run again. 1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 26 June 26/1 He was made to cool his heels in the corridor outside some functionary's office while the great man attended to more urgent matters. extracted from coolv.¹ < as lemmas
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