flank
侧面,侧翼,侧面的,侧面的部分
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Definitions
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- : the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- : the thin piece of flesh constituting this part.
- : a slice of meat from the flank of an animal.
- : the side of anything, as of a building.
- : Military, Navy. the extreme right or left side of an army or fleet, or a subdivision of an army or fleet.
- : Fortification. the right or left side of a work or fortification.the part of a bastion that extends from the curtain to the face and protects the curtain and the opposite face.
- : Machinery. either of the two vertical inclined surfaces between the crest and the root.
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- : to stand or be placed or posted at the flank or side of.
- : to defend or guard at the flank.
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Examples
The toxins sink in to porous, easily detached hairs on the rat’s flanks.
With no limits atop the panels, Senate Democrats can languish in the middle flank of the dais for decades.
A forward in her early years, O’Hara is also adept in an advanced position on the flanks.
In many ways, the fight hasn’t been nearly what the left flank of the Democratic Party might have wanted — or what Kennedy’s GOP colleagues pretended it was.
One day, they all had a picnic on the scrubby flank of a hill, under a brutal sun.
After two decades of dwindling influence, NATO is refreshed and energized by the growing threat on its eastern flank.
Marinate flank steak in garlic, Italian seasoning, paprika, oil, salt and pepper.
Then came accusations of centrism—now a dirty word in a party with an energized left flank.
The enemy effected and exploited a breach on the left flank, rendering the friendly positions untenable.
President Bush vetoed it, and Democrats relented in the face of outrage from their liberal flank.
Done, says he, why let fifty of our men advance, and flank them on each wing.
But one battalion was isolated on a spur, from which there seemed no way of escape save under a scorching flank fire.