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flank n.侧面；侧腹；腰窝肉v.攻击侧面；守侧面；位于…侧面 (1) 撒丁与科西嘉位于意大利靴形半岛之侧面。(2) 这匹马的侧面看起来生气勃勃。(3) 骑马者用靴刺戳了戳马的侧腹。(4) 虽然生物学家能轻易让四足动物在侧腹长出额外的肢，在颈部却做不到。(5) 古碉堡的一侧靠着沼泽。 Although flank is specifically used to talk about a cut of meat, or the right or left side of a military formation, we also use it in those same senses for other objects. If you've put on weight, it's probably not just your tummy sticking out a bit more, but the lovehandles on your flanks. If you see someone walking down the street with bodyguards on either side, she's flanked by guards.

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英 [flæŋk] 美 [flæŋk] (1) Sardinia and Corsica lie on the flank of the long Italian boot.(2) The horse's flank was vividly visible.(3) The rider dug his spurs into the horse's flank.(4) Although biologists can easily induce extra limbs to grow on the flank of a tetrapod, this cannot be done in the neck.(5) The old fort flanked on a swamp. A flank is the side of something, whether of beef or a military formation. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]胁；胁腹 An animal's flank is its side, between the ribs and the hip. He put his hand on the dog's flank.他把手放在狗的胁腹上。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](军队的)侧翼，翼侧 A flank of an army or navy force is one side of it when it is organized for battle. The assault element, led by Captain Ramirez, opened up from their right flank.拉米雷斯上尉率领的突击队从他们的右翼开火。3[N-COUNT 可数名词](大型物体的)侧面，一侧，一边 The side of anything large can be referred to as its flank .   [usu N of n]They continued along the flank of the mountain.他们沿着山的一侧继续前行。4[VERB 动词]两侧有；(有时指)一侧有 If something is flanked by things, it has them on both sides of it, or sometimes on one side of it.   [be V-ed by n]  [V n]  [V-ed]The altar was flanked by two Christmas trees...圣坛两侧是两棵圣诞树。Bookcases flank the bed...床的两侧有书柜。She crossed the room and sat in the armchair flanking the window seat...她穿过房间，坐在座位靠窗一侧的扶手椅上。He walks briskly, flanked by heavily armed guards.他步伐轻快，两旁是全副武装的侍卫。

英语单词	flank
英美音标	英 [flæŋk] 美 [flæŋk]
中文释义	n.侧面；侧腹；腰窝肉 v.攻击侧面；守侧面；位于…侧面
英语例句	(1) Sardinia and Corsica lie on the flank of the long Italian boot. (2) The horse's flank was vividly visible. (3) The rider dug his spurs into the horse's flank. (4) Although biologists can easily induce extra limbs to grow on the flank of a tetrapod, this cannot be done in the neck. (5) The old fort flanked on a swamp.
中文例句	(1) 撒丁与科西嘉位于意大利靴形半岛之侧面。 (2) 这匹马的侧面看起来生气勃勃。 (3) 骑马者用靴刺戳了戳马的侧腹。 (4) 虽然生物学家能轻易让四足动物在侧腹长出额外的肢，在颈部却做不到。 (5) 古碉堡的一侧靠着沼泽。
vocabulary简明	A flank is the side of something, whether of beef or a military formation.
vocabulary扩展	Although flank is specifically used to talk about a cut of meat, or the right or left side of a military formation, we also use it in those same senses for other objects. If you've put on weight, it's probably not just your tummy sticking out a bit more, but the lovehandles on your flanks. If you see someone walking down the street with bodyguards on either side, she's flanked by guards.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]胁；胁腹 An animal's flank is its side, between the ribs and the hip. He put his hand on the dog's flank. 他把手放在狗的胁腹上。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](军队的)侧翼，翼侧 A flank of an army or navy force is one side of it when it is organized for battle. The assault element, led by Captain Ramirez, opened up from their right flank. 拉米雷斯上尉率领的突击队从他们的右翼开火。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](大型物体的)侧面，一侧，一边 The side of anything large can be referred to as its flank . [usu N of n] They continued along the flank of the mountain. 他们沿着山的一侧继续前行。 4 [VERB 动词]两侧有；(有时指)一侧有 If something is flanked by things, it has them on both sides of it, or sometimes on one side of it. [be V-ed by n] [V n] [V-ed] The altar was flanked by two Christmas trees... 圣坛两侧是两棵圣诞树。 Bookcases flank the bed... 床的两侧有书柜。 She crossed the room and sat in the armchair flanking the window seat... 她穿过房间，坐在座位靠窗一侧的扶手椅上。 He walks briskly, flanked by heavily armed guards. 他步伐轻快，两旁是全副武装的侍卫。

Flank Side Flanked N Count 可数名词 N Horse's Military