shank
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++shank /ʃæŋk/ noun 1 [countable]TZ a straight narrow part of a tool or object that connects the two ends 〔工具或物件的〕柄，杆 a hammer shank 榔头柄2 [countable, uncountable] a piece of meat cut from the leg of an animal 〔动物的〕（一块）腿肉 lamb shanks 几块羊腿肉3. [countable usually plural]HBHHBA the part of an animal’s or a person’s leg between the knee and ankle 〔人或动物的〕胫，小腿4. (on) Shanks’s pony British English old-fashioned walking, rather than using a vehicle 步行，徒步走
Examples from the Corpus
shank• Parenti even suggests substituting beef shanks for oxtails; which are bony, like oxtails, but meatier.• The iron shank is quite short and rather delicate, and the key has a small part of the bit surviving.• Stars Restaurant offers braised lamb shank with black truffles for $ 24 and shirts for $ 15.• Remove the lamb shanks with tongs, and when cool enough to handle, remove and shred the meat.• Skew or corner chisels have the edge angled out of square to the shank.• the shank of a button• Add a few veal shanks at a time and coat well with flour, shaking off any excess. 2.Origin shank Old English scancashank nounChinese
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shank
shank /ʃæŋk/
noun
a hammer shank
2. [uncountable and countable] a piece of meat cut from the leg of an animal:
lamb shanks
3. [countable usually plural] the part of an animal’s or a person’s leg between the knee and ankle
4. (on) Shanks’s pony British English old-fashioned walking, rather than using a vehicle
shank /ʃæŋk/
noun Language: Old English
Origin: scanca
1. [countable] a straight narrow part of a tool or object that connects the two ends:Origin: scanca
2. [uncountable and countable] a piece of meat cut from the leg of an animal:
3. [countable usually plural] the part of an animal’s or a person’s leg between the knee and ankle
4. (on) Shanks’s pony British English old-fashioned walking, rather than using a vehicle
