English Dictionary

heel-and-toe

名詞

限定用法 不可算名詞

(attributive, automotive) An advanced driving technique that involves operating the throttle and brake pedals simultaneously with the right foot, facilitating normal activation of the clutch with the left foot.

日本語の意味

右足でアクセルとブレーキを同時に操作し、左足でクラッチを作動させる先進的な自動車運転技術

On the winding mountain road, his heel-and-toe saved the car from jerking during downshifts.

曲がりくねった山道で、彼は右足でアクセルとブレーキを同時に操作し左足でクラッチを通常通り操作するという高度な運転テクニックを使って、シフトダウン時に車がガクつくのを防いだ。

意味（1）

(attributive, automotive) An advanced driving technique that involves operating the throttle and brake pedals simultaneously with the right foot, facilitating normal activation of the clutch with the left foot.

意味（2）

(attributive) A mode of walking in which the heel of one foot is put on the ground before the toe of the other leaves it.

意味（3）

(nautical, military) Of a system of watches: comprising equal-length periods on and off watch.

It is most essential on a passage where the watches are heel and toe, four on, four off, that the watch below be a time of real rest.