单词 | flank |
释义 | flank ![]() n. 1. The section of flesh on the body of a person or an animal between the last rib and the hip; the side. 2. A cut of meat from the flank of an animal. 3. A lateral part or side: the flank of a mountain. 4. a. The right or left side of a military formation: an attack on both flanks. b. The right or left side of a bastion. tr.v. flanked, flank·ing, flanks 1. To protect or guard the flank of. 2. To menace or attack the flank of. 3. To be placed or situated at the flank or side of: Two stone lions flanked the entrance. 4. To put (something) on each side of: flanked the driveway with tall shrubs. [Middle English, from Old English flanc, from Old French flanc, of Germanic origin.] |
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