Old English hlanc "loose and empty, slender, flaccid," from Proto-Germanic *hlanka-, forming words meaning "to bend, turn," perhaps with a connecting notion of "flexible" (see flank (n.)). In Middle English, "Some examples may be long adj. with unvoicing of g" ["Middle English Dictionary"]
例文
1. She ran her fingers through her hair ; it felt lank and dirty.
彼女は指で自分の長い髪を梳いたが、髪は触ってみると油で汚れていた。
2.She had lank hair and sallow skin.
彼女は髪が平らで、肌が黄色くなっている。
3.I 've got lank work to do.
私にはたくさんの仕事があります。
4.She looked at the lank figure leaning against the porch column,chewing a straw.
思嘉は廊下の柱に寄りかかり、かかとの中で干し草を噛んでいるこの痩せた体を見ていた。
5.He rose to lank height and grasped Billy McMahan 's hand.