Shank
n. 胫, 腿骨, 杆, 柄\\nvt. 用铁球棒末端击球\\nvi. 花从病梗上枯萎脱落
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
shank
n
1 straight slender part of an implement, etc; shaft 工具等的长柄; 杆
the shank of an anchor, a key, a golf-club 锚杆、 钥匙柄、 高尔夫球棒的杆.
2 (usu pl 通常作复数) (often joc or derog 常作戏谑语或作贬义) leg, esp the part between the knee and the ankle 腿; （尤指）小腿
long thin shanks 细长的腿.
3 (idm 习语) on Shanks's `pony/`mare (dated infml joc 旧, 口, 谑) on foot (not by car, etc) 步行; 徒步
If you won't drive me, I'll have to get there on Shanks's pony. 要是你不开车送我去, 那我就只好走著去了.
🗣️ 情景例句
Horrible weather we are having.
这么糟的天气让我们赶上了。
The sacrifice of time is the costliest of all sacrifices.
损失时间是一切损失中代价最大的损失。
At night, when you really wish to go to sleep, you rarely manage to do so.
到了夜晚，你真想睡了，却很难入睡。