1. (物体)长而细直的部分，杆，柄
The shank of an object is the long, thin, straight part of the object.

2. 小腿;胫;(尤指)小腿肉
Shanks are the lower parts of the legs; used especially with reference to meat.

1. a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

2. lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

Synonym: cannon

3. the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

Synonym: waist

4. cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

5. cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

6. cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

Synonym: stem

7. the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

8. a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg