ankle
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 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.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive, slang)To walk.
1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings’ Little Hut, London: Collins, 1973, Chapter 15, p. 178, Supposing we all ankled over to the huts […]
1966, P. G. Wodehouse, Plum Pie, London: Everyman, 2007, Chapter 6, p. 158, He ankled round, accordingly, to her house and his ring at the bell was answered by Wilberforce, her butler […]
- 2.
(cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
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From Middle English ankel, ancle, ankyll, from Old English ancol (compare anclēow (ankle) > Modern anclef, ancliff, ancley), from *ankul, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz (ankle); akin to ökkla, ökli, ankel, enkel, enklaauw, Enkel, akka, anckel, and perhaps encha, ancha (thigh, shin), from the.