flank

英 [flæŋk]      美 [flæŋk]
  • n. 侧面；侧翼；侧腹
  • vt. 守侧面；位于…的侧面；攻击侧面
  • vi. 侧面与…相接
  • adv. 在左右两边
  • n. (Flank)人名；(瑞典、匈)弗兰克；(法)弗朗克
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1. link => lank (Old English hlanc) => flank.
2. Showing characteristic change of Germanic hl- to Romanic fl-.
3. flank lank, link, flinch, flange.
4. 俄罗斯苏-27系列战斗机，北约给的绰号是“侧卫”（Flanker） 有四种基本型号 苏-27 “侧卫” 苏-30“超级侧卫” 苏-33“海侧卫”（即舰载机） 苏-35“终极侧卫” 。
5. 还有以侧卫系列战机开发的游戏《侧卫/Flanker》。

中文词源

flank 侧面

来自PIE*kleng, 弯，转，词源同link. 进一步来自PIE*klei的鼻音形式，倾斜，词源同lean, incline.

英语词源

flank
flank: see link
flank (n.)
late Old English flanc "flank, fleshy part of the side," from Old French flanc "hip, side," from Frankish or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hlanca- (cognates: Old High German (h)lanca, Middle High German lanke "hip joint," German lenken "to bend, turn aside;" Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid;" Old Norse hlykkr "a bend, noose, loop"), from PIE root *kleng- "to bend, turn" (see link (n.)). Showing characteristic change of Germanic hl- to Romanic fl-. The military sense is first attested 1540s. Meaning "side" of anything is by 1620s. As an adjective, "pertaining to the flank or side," 1660s. Related: Flanked; flanking.
flank (v.)
1590s (military), "to guard the flank," also, "to menace the flank, fire sideways upon," from flank (n.). Meaning "stand or be placed at the side of" is from 1650s. Related: Flanked; flanking.

权威例句

1. Bookcases flank the bed.
床的两侧有书柜。
2. He put his hand on the dog's flank.
他把手放在狗的胁腹上。
3. We were taken in flank by a troop of cavalry.
我们翼侧受到一队骑兵的袭击.
4. By the left flank, march!
向左转走!
5. The assault element, led by Captain Ramirez, opened up from their right flank.
拉米雷斯上尉率领的突击队从他们的右翼开火。

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