flanking
侧翼,侧面的,侧边的,侧翼的
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Definitions
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- : the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
- : the thin piece of flesh constituting this part.
- : a slice of meat from the flank of an animal.
- : the side of anything, as of a building.
- : Military, Navy. the extreme right or left side of an army or fleet, or a subdivision of an army or fleet.
- : Fortification. the right or left side of a work or fortification.the part of a bastion that extends from the curtain to the face and protects the curtain and the opposite face.
- : Machinery. either of the two vertical inclined surfaces between the crest and the root.
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- : to stand or be placed or posted at the flank or side of.
- : to defend or guard at the flank.
- : Military. to menace or attack the flank of.
- : to pass around or turn the flank of.
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- : to occupy a position at the flank or side.
- : to present the flank or side.
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Examples
He joins Donohue in flanking the man as he disappears behind a partition and from camera view.
Inside, the seats were gutted and replaced with benches flanking the walls.
He looped around in the grass, flanking the mine mouth, slow, quiet now, crouching a little.
Activities on stage got projected on giant screens flanking the dais, or on the jumbotron-like rig overhead.
In fact, the true tug only begins when we try to carry the second line and the flanking machine guns.
Passing the flanking line of mesas, Bill pushed his way up a watercourse between two foothills.
Flanking these are sacred figures, which are too small to be attractive at a greater distance than six yards.
Once more we robbed the stone wall, building our two flanking paths of stepping-stones to the other side of the brook.
A considerable effort at ornamentation has been made on the walls flanking the balcony described.