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单词 heeled
释义

heeled

English

Etymology

heel + -ed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːld/
  • Rhymes: -iːld

Verb

heeled

  1. simple past tense and past participle of heel

Adjective

heeled (comparative more heeled, superlative most heeled)

  1. Having a heel (often of a specified type, as in high-heeled etc.).
  2. (archaic) Prepared, especially armed with a weapon. [from 19th c.]
    • 1903, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," Norton (2005 edition), p. 896:
      I was heeled also, and I held up my gun to scare him off and let me get away.
  3. (slang) Wealthy; having enough money. [from 19th c.]
    • 1949, William S. Burroughs, in Harris (ed.), Letters 1945–59, Penguin 2009, p. 53:
      I have a large apt. could accommodate you. Tell Neal to come too if he is heeled.

Derived terms

compound adjectives of the sense “having a heel of some type”
  • feather-heeled
  • light-heeled
  • round-heeled
  • spring-heeled
  • spur-heeled
  • well-heeled
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