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flank AHD[flăngk] D.J.[flæŋk]K.K.[flæŋk]n.（名词）- The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side.肋肉：人或动物身上最下面的肋骨与臀部之间的肉块；腰部
- A cut of meat from the flank of an animal.动物腰窝部分的肉
- A lateral part or side:边部或侧面：the flank of a mountain.山的侧面
- The right or left side of a military formation:侧翼：军队的左翼或右翼：an attack on both flanks.对两侧翼的攻击
- The right or left side of a bastion.两侧：防御工事的左侧或右侧
v.tr.（及物动词）flanked, flank.ing, flanks - To protect or guard the flank of.防守侧面：掩护或保卫…的侧翼
- To menace or attack the flank of.侧面攻击：威胁或攻击…的侧翼
- To be placed or situated at the flank or side of:位于…之侧：被放在或位于…的侧面或两边：Two stone lions flanked the entrance.两头石狮位于入口处两侧
- To put (something) on each side of:立于…之侧：把（某物）放在…的两边：flanked the driveway with tall shrubs.在车道两旁种植高的灌木
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old English flanc 源自 古英语 flanc
- from Old French flanc 源自 古法语 flanc
- [of Germanic origin] [源于日耳曼语]
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