flank

flank

形容词

• flank的形容词意为“侧面的，侧面的部分的”

名词

• flank的名词意为“侧面，侧腹；侧翼”
• 在动物身体上指的是肋腹部分
• 在军事上指的是军队的侧翼，也可用作动词表示从侧面包围或攻击

词语辨析

• flank和side都有“侧面”的意思，但flank更强调侧面的位置或特定的部分，而side更广泛地表示侧面

词汇扩充

• flankless: 无侧面的
• flanklike: 类似侧面的
• flanker: 攻击侧翼的人/物
• flanking: 侧面的，侧翼的

近义词

• side: 侧面，侧腹

反义词

• front: 前面，正面

柯林斯词典

flank (flæŋk)
noun
1. The flank of a person or animal is their side, between the ribs and the hip.
2. The flank of an army or fleet is one side of it.
verb
If soldiers or vehicles flank an object or place, they are arranged so that each one is to the side of it, for example to protect it or attack it from the side.
adjective
Flank means relating to the side of something, especially when it is the side that is away from you or that is less obvious or important.
EXAMPLES
- The bullet had hit him in the flank.
- He was shot in the flank.
- The flank of the building was unlit.
- Their advance threatened to flank the British.
- They were flanked by a pair of burly policemen.
- He flanked the President.
- The bar is a flank on the right hand side.
- He was on the flank of the stage.
- ...the flank of a mountain.
- The flanks of the mountain fell away to a plain.

牛津词典

flank
noun
1. Each of the sides of the body below the ribs and above the hips.
2. The side of a person's or animal's body between the ribs and the hip.
3. The side of a thing, especially a building.
4. The right-hand or left-hand sides of a body of people such as an army, a naval force, or a soccer team.
verb
Transitive: Be on one side of (someone or something), especially so as to protect or defend it.
EXAMPLES
- The wound was just below her left flank.
- The tank was hit in the flank.
- The building is flanked by two modern office blocks.
- The President was flanked by the chief of police and the head of his personal security.
- Two policemen flanked him.

用法

1. The bullet hit him in the flank.
子弹打中了他的侧腹。
（来源：柯林斯词典）
2. Their advance threatened to flank the British.
他们的前进威胁到了英军的侧翼。
（来源：柯林斯词典）
3. The bar is a flank on the right hand side.
这个吧台是在右侧。
（来源：柯林斯词典）
4. The wound was just below her left flank.
伤口就在她左侧腹部下方。
（来源：牛津词典）
5. The building is flanked by two modern office blocks.
这座建筑两侧是两个现代化的办公楼。
（来源：牛津词典）

例句

1. The bullet had hit him in the flank.
   子弹打中了他的侧腹。
2. He was shot in the flank.
   他被击中了侧腹。
3. The flank of the building was unlit.
   这座建筑的侧面没有灯光。
4. Their advance threatened to flank the British.
   他们的前进威胁到了英军的侧翼。
5. They were flanked by a pair of burly policemen.
   他们两侧有一对魁梧的警察。
6. He flanked the President.
   他站在总统的侧面。
7. The bar is a flank on the right hand side.
   这个吧台是在右侧。
8. He was on the flank of the stage.
   他站在舞台的侧面。
9. ...the flank of a mountain.
   山脉的侧面。
10. The flanks of the mountain fell away to a plain.
    山的两侧一直延伸到平原。
11. The wound was just below her left flank.
    伤口就在她左侧腹部下方。
12. The tank was hit in the flank.
    坦克的侧面受到了攻击。
13. The building is flanked by two modern office blocks.
    这座建筑两侧是两个现代化的办公楼。
14. The President was flanked by the chief of police and the head of his personal security.
    总统的两侧是警察局长和私人安全负责人。
15. Two policemen flanked him.
    两名警察站在他两侧。