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- （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。
1.1
- the lower part of an animal's foreleg（动物的）前腿下部。
1.2
- this part of an animal's leg as a cut of meat（动物的）小腿肉。
2
- the shaft or stem of a tool or implement, in particular（工具或用具的）柄, 杆, 尤指：
2.1
- a long narrow part of a tool connecting the handle to the operational end工具的长柄。
2.2
- the cylindrical part of a bit by which it is held in a drill钻头柄。
2.3
- the long stem of a key, spoon, anchor, etc.钥匙柄; 匙柄; 锚杆。
2.4
- the straight part of a nail or fish-hook钉杆; 鱼钩身。
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- a part or appendage by which something is attached to something else, especially a wire loop attached to the back of a button（尤指纽扣背面的）扣腿; 扣腿孔环。
3.1
- the band of a ring rather than the setting or gemstone（戒指）环。
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- the narrow middle of the sole of a shoe鞋底腰窝。
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。
派生词
shanked
adjective钩身很长的鱼钩。
词源
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.