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heel

2022年06月15日 | 英単語
Reader's Digest 3/4月合併号の記事 'Pandemic Silver Lining' からの引用です。
And just like that, we had a new companion on our miles-long jaunts. Marlie, a goldendoodle, trots down the road with her tail wagging and her head high. She knows "heel" very well--luckily for us--and will stop and point when she sees a squirrel or rabbit.

"heel" は引用符で囲まれているので普通の "heel" の意味ではないのでしょう? 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (of a dog) follow closely behind its owner.: ‘these dogs are born with the instinctive urge to heel
・Collins Dictionary: to follow along at the heels of someone: to teach a dog to heel
・Cambridge English Dictionary: said to a dog to order it to come and stand close to you or to walk close to your side as you walk: If you say "Heel!" to a dog, you are ordering it to walk close to you.

日本語ではなんと犬に言うのかな?
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