核心畫面
The narrow joint where the foot meets the leg — the hinge you turn and bend on. Because it sits at that exact height, it also works as a measuring mark: things that stop 'at the ankle' come up only that far.
可以想成腳掌和小腿交會的那個窄窄的關節：你走路、踮腳、扭到腳，動的都是它。它剛好卡在身體一個很好認的高度上，所以除了…更多收起
可以想成腳掌和小腿交會的那個窄窄的關節：你走路、踮腳、扭到腳，動的都是它。它剛好卡在身體一個很好認的高度上，所以除了指這個關節本身，也順手變成一個量身體的刻度——「到腳踝為止」就是只到那裡，再往上就沒有了。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
anklenoun/ˈæŋ.kəl/
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The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
ankleverb/ˈæŋ.kəl/
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slangTo walk.
- Arvay’s tearful speech followed the usual pattern, and everybody said it was just fine. There had been nothing about the heathens of China, India and Africa wallowing around on the heavenly chairs, nor ankling up and down the golden streets.
- 1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178, Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]
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cyclinghobbieslifestyleTo cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。