ankle

ankle
noun
  1. the joint connecting the foot with the leg
    踝关节
    ■the narrow part of the leg between this and the calf

    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.
    这些人陷在泥中,深至脚踝。
    [as modifier]ankle socks.
    短袜。
verb
[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。
  2. [with obj.]leave
    离开
    he ankled the series to do a movie.
    他不拍电视剧去拍电影了。
  3. [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
语源
  1. Old English ancleow, of Germanic origin; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old Norse; related to Dutch enkel and German Enkel, from an Indo-European root shared by angle
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