show ankle

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

showed ankle showing ankle shown ankle shows ankle 三单 shows ankle showing ankle 现在分词 showed ankle 过去式 shown ankle 过去式 shown ankle 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest.

    习语

词源

Probably an allusion to the flirtatious practice by some young women, especially in the first half of the twentieth century, of raising a long skirt sufficiently to reveal a bare ankle but no more than that.

来源：wiktionary