the joint connecting the foot with the leg 踝关节 ■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. 这些人陷在泥中,深至脚踝。 [as modifier]ankle socks. 短袜。
verb [no obj.]
[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。
[with obj.]leave 离开 he ankled the series to do a movie. 他不拍电视剧去拍电影了。
[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
Old English ancleow, of Germanic origin; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old Norse; related to Dutch enkel and German Enkel, from an Indo-European root shared by angle