ankus

/ang-kuhs, uhng-kuhsh/US // ˈæŋ kəs, ˈʌŋ kəʃ //UK // (ˈæŋkəs) //

安库斯,阿库斯,安科思,安科斯

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural an·kus, an·kus·es.
- : an elephant goad of India with a spike and a hook at one end.

This time I had my ankus with me, so that in case he should run away again I could prick his neck and make him behave.
If thou wilt give me the ankus to take away, it is good hunting.
On he came, amid a rising roar of approval, Speed in gorgeous robes perched on high, 295 ankus raised.
It was a three-foot ankus, or elephant-goad—something like a small boat-hook.
Close to the fire, and blazing in the sunshine, lay the ruby-and-turquoise ankus.