shank

shank
noun

(常作 shanks)a person's leg, especially the part from the knee to the ankle
胫；小腿；腿部
the old man's thin, bony shanks showed through his trousers.
透过老人的裤腿可以看见他瘦骨嶙峋的小腿。
■the lower part of an animal's foreleg
（动物的）前腿下部
■this part of an animal's leg as a cut of meat
（动物的）小腿肉
the shaft or stem of a tool or implement, in particular
（工具或用具的）柄，杆，尤指
■a long narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end
工具的长柄
■the cylindrical part of a bit by which it is held in a drill
钻头柄
■the long stem of a key, spoon, anchor, etc
钥匙柄；匙柄；锚杆
■the straight part of a nail or fish-hook
钉杆；鱼钩身
a part or appendage by which something is attached to something else, especially a wire loop attached to the back of a button
（尤指钮扣背面的）扣腿；扣腿孔环
■the band of a ring rather than the setting or gemstone
（戒指）环
the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe
鞋底腰窝

verb

[with obj.](Golf)strike (the ball) with the heel of the club
(高尔夫)用棒杆弯头击球
I shanked a shot and hit a person on a shoulder.
我用棒杆弯头击出了球，却打到一个人的肩上。

派生
shanked
adjective

语源

Old English sceanca, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schenk 'leg bone' and High German Schenkel 'thigh'. The use of the verb as a golfing term dates from the 1920s

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