1
- the joint connecting the foot with the leg踝关节。
1.1
- the narrow part of the leg between this and the calf踝：
her slim ankles
她纤细的脚踝
I stood up to my ankles in snow
我站在深没脚踝的雪里
the men are ankle-deep in mud
这些人陷在深至脚踝的泥里
as modifier ankle socks.短袜。
no obj.
1
- with adverbial of direction informal, chiefly US walk〈非正式, 主美〉走：
we can ankle off to a new locale.
我们能走到一个新的地点。
1.1
- with obj. leave离开：
he ankled the series to do a movie.
他不拍电视剧去拍电影了。
2
- usu. as noun ankling flex the ankles while cycling in order to increase pedalling efficiency（骑自行车时提高脚踏速度）踝关节曲起用力。
词源
Old English ancleow, of Germanic origin; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old Norse; related to Dutch enkel and German Enkel, from an Indo-European root shared by ANGLE1.