shank
柄部,杆部,柄,柄部的
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Definitions
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- : Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- : a corresponding or analogous part in certain animals.
- : the lower limb in humans, including both the leg and the thigh.
- : a cut of meat from the top part of the front or back leg of an animal.
- : a narrow part of various devices, as a tool or bolt, connecting the end by which the object is held or moved with the end that acts upon another object.
- : a straight, usually narrow, shaftlike part of various objects connecting two more important or complex parts, as the stem of a pipe.
- : Slang. shiv.
- : a knob, small projection, or end of a device for attaching to another object, as a small knob on the back of a solid button, or the end of a drill for gripping in a shaft.
- : the long, straight part of an anchor connecting the crown and the ring.
- : the straight part of a fishhook away from the bent part or prong.
- : Music. crook.
- : Informal. the early or main part of a period of time: It was just the shank of the evening when the party began.the latter part of a period of time: They didn't get started until the shank of the morning.
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Examples
The grandest meat, on the other hand, is braised lamb shank.
If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level.
Seager writes about being threatened by a patient with a shank carved out of an eyeglass stem.
It is one of the only times I can think of when life imitates art to the very bleeding edge of an aluminum shank.
You see, the victim can slip up behind you on any given day and stick a shank in your ribs—or pay someone else to do it.
Everyone complains that Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray shank shots but stubbornly stick to the same strategy.
Its only the shank of the evening, officer, rejoined the old man, as he fumbled with the latch key and finally opened the door.
The invalid sat on the shank of a mushroom anchor, and smoked his pipe while he affected to superintend the work.
The Cad bait, with a little hackle round the top of the shank of the hook, kills well.
Who dat er woicin' dat hebbenly pocklermashun outen dar in de shank o' de night?
A stout shank was gripped by the split wood, and strongly bound in its socket with a thong of hide.