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
That's all right.
没关系。
Do you have any comments to make on the recent developments.
你对最近事态的发展有什么评论吗?
he knows while he looks at one side what the other side is like;