ankle

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n. 踝 [医] 踝, 踝关节

发音

US /ˈæŋ.k(ə)l/

词形变化

ankles 复数 ankles ankled ankles 三单 ankling ankling 现在分词 ankled 过去式 ankled 过去分词

别名

ancle

教材释义与例句

名词

踝关节，踝

the joint between your foot and your leg

slender ankles

纤细的脚踝

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.

    脚腕子

    腿腕子

    踝

    脚踝

    跤目

v.
  1. 1.

    To walk.

    及物/不及物 俚语

    1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178, Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]

    1966, P. G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, London: Everyman, 2007, Chapter 6, p. 158, He ankled round, accordingly, to her house and his ring at the bell was answered by Wilberforce, her butler […]

  2. 2.

    To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

    体育

词汇关系

名词

部分词 4

anklebone astragal astragalus talus

整体词 1

leg

相关短语

ankle slapper ankle slappers ankle lock ankle boot 及踝靴；短靴 ankle sock （及于踝关节处的）短袜 ankle bracelet 踝链 ankle monitor 踝关节监视器 ankle monitors ankle bracelets ankle locks ankle socks ankle boots (ankle-boot 的复数) 及踝靴；短靴 ankle biter ankle biters ankle grazers

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Germanic *-ulaz Proto-Germanic *ankulaz Proto-West Germanic *ankul Old English *ancol Middle English ancle English ankle From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (“ankle”) > Modern English anclef, ancliff, ancley), from Proto-West Germanic *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (“ankle”); akin to Icelandic ökkla, ökli, Danish and Swedish ankel, Dutch enklaauw, enkel, German Enkel, Old Norse akka, Old Frisian anckel, and perhaps Old High German encha, ancha (“thigh, shin”), from the Proto-Germanic *ankijǭ (“ankle, joint”). Compare with Sanskrit अङ्ग (aṅga, “limb”), अङ्गुरि (aṅguri, “finger”), Latin angulus. Compare haunch and Greek prefix ἀγκυλο- (ankulo-, “joint, crooked, bent”). Doublet of angulus and angle.

来源：wiktionary