the straight narrow part between the two ends of a tool or an object 长柄；杆 the shank of a key 钥匙柄
the part of an animal’s or a person’s leg between the knee and ankle （动物或人的）胫，小腿 the top part of the leg of an animal, cooked and eaten （动物的）大腿肉 braised lamb shanks 炖羊腿
Word OriginOld English sceanca, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schenk ‘leg bone’ and High German Schenkel ‘thigh’.
Idioms
(on) Shanks’s pony
- (British English, informal)
walking, rather than travelling by car, bus, etc. 步行；徒步 ‘How did you get here?’ ‘Shanks’s pony!’ “你是怎么到这里的，”。“香克斯的小马，”。