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flanking

/flangk/US // flæŋk //UK // (flæŋk) //

侧翼,侧面的,侧边的,侧翼的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to occupy a position at the flank or side.
    • : to present the flank or side.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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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.