flanks
An animal's flank is its side, between the ribs and the hip.
He put his hand on the dog's flank.
他把手放在狗的胁腹上。
A flank of an army or navy force is one side of it when it is organized for battle.
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。
The side of anything large can be referred to as its flank.
They continued along the flank of the mountain.
他们沿着山的侧面继续前进。
flanks , flanking , flanked
If something is flanked by things, it has them on both sides of it, or sometimes on one side of it.
The altar was flanked by two Christmas trees.
圣坛的两侧有两棵圣诞树。