shank

英 [ʃæŋk]

美 [ʃæŋk]

n. 长柄; 杆; (动物或人的)胫，小腿

复数：shanks　过去分词：shanked　过去式：shanked　现在分词：shanking　第三人称单数：shanks　

Collins.1 / BNC.16453 / COCA.12583

习惯用语

(on) Shanks's pony

noun

长柄；杆
the straight narrow part between the two ends of a tool or an object
（动物或人的）胫，小腿
the part of an animal's or a person's leg between the knee and ankle

N-COUNT (物体)长而细直的部分，杆，柄
Theshankof an object is the long, thin, straight part of the object.
1. These hooks are sharp with long shanks.
  这些钩身长的鱼钩很锋利。
2. ...the shank of the club.
  球杆的长柄
N-COUNT 小腿;胫;(尤指)小腿肉
Shanksare the lower parts of the legs; used especially with reference to meat.
1. Turn the shanks and baste them once or twice as they cook.
  将小腿肉翻一下，烹调时在上面抹一两次油。

noun

a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals
Synonym:cannon
the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole
Synonym:waist
cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill
cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head
cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
Synonym:stem
the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

verb

hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction