shank
n. 胫, 腿骨, 杆, 柄 vt. 用铁球棒末端击球 vi. 花从病梗上枯萎脱落
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The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
Edward I of England was nicknamed Edward Longshanks.
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Meat from that part of an animal.
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A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
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A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
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The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
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The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
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A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
This twist drill has a reduced shank so that it can be used even in a small chuck.
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The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
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A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
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The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
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A metal strip strengthening the waists of shoes. (Also shankpiece.)
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An improvised stabbing weapon, originally in prison, possibly from the strips of metal in shoes.
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A loop forming an eye to a button.
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The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
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A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
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The body of a type; between the shoulder and the foot.
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Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
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The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
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The main part or beginning of a period of time.
the shank of the morning
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To travel on foot.
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To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
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To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
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To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
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To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
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To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
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To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
及物 商务 工程The system is suitable for shanking all kind of sewn buttons (jackets, coats, blouses, shirts, trousers).
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To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
I take those metal shanks, slide the backs of them in glue and make them lie down on the shoe-bottoms, […] Last week they ran a contest to see which shankers shanked fastest. I'm not embarrassed to say I beat them all.
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Bad.
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Inherited from Middle English schanke, from Old English sċanca (“leg”), from Proto-West Germanic *skankō, from Proto-Germanic *skankô (compare West Frisian skonk, Dutch schenkel, Low German Schanke, German Schenkel (“shank, leg”), Danish skank, Norwegian skank, Swedish skänkel), from *skankaz (compare Old Norse skakkr (“wry, crooked”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (compare Middle Irish scingim (“I spring”), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, “to limp”).
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