喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Middle English ankel, from Old English ancol, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz 'ankle'; akin to Dutch enkel.

源自古英文 ancol「腳踝」，和荷蘭文 enkel 同源。

Wiktionary

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。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

ankles

用法接近

wristsocksheelbootskneeknee-high bootsfootlong socksjoint

意思相反

knee-high

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/

  • 1

    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/

  • 1

    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 […]
  • 2

    cyclinghobbieslifestyleTo cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。