well-heeled

形容人或家庭经济宽裕、生活富足的口语表达。

💡 记忆钩子

想象一只脚上装着锋利马刺、装备齐全的公鸡：从“装备好”逐渐引申为“手头有充足的钱”，所以 well-heeled 现在主要表示“有钱、富裕”。

📝 学习建议

不要按字面理解为“脚跟好”或“穿着好鞋”；它通常说的是经济状况。

📖 中文释义

adj

core 富裕的；有钱的

📖 指一个人、家庭或群体拥有充足的钱，生活条件优越。它保留了“装备充足”的核心画面，把充足的装备引申成充足的经济资源。

💡 常用结构是 well-heeled + 人或群体名词，也可以说 be well-heeled。它通常用于非正式谈话、新闻评论或带有讽刺意味的描述；不要用它表示单纯“穿得讲究”或“脚部状况良好”。

colloquial

The neighborhood has become popular with well-heeled young families.

这个社区越来越受富裕的年轻家庭欢迎。

Only well-heeled tourists can afford to stay at that resort.

只有有钱的游客才住得起那家度假村。

more well-heeled comparative most well-heeled superlative

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 1 组

in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; ; ; ;

同义词集: comfortable easy prosperous well-fixed well-heeled well-off well-situated well-to-do

they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards

easy living

a prosperous family

his family is well-situated financially

well-to-do members of the community

近似: rich

🌳 词源

最初来自美国英语斗鸡语境，指装有锋利马刺、攻击力强的公鸡；后来引申为装备充足，再发展为“钱很充足、生活富裕”。

Originally American English, from a literal use in cockfighting: a well-heeled cock was provided with sharp spurs and could inflict maximum damage. From this developed the American frontier slang sense of being well-equipped, and thence the modern sense of being well supplied with money.

🔄 变式

more well-heeled compar most well-heeled superl

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