drumstick /ˈdrʌmstɪk/
n. 鼓槌；（煮食的鸡或其他禽类的）腿下段，琵琶腿
"one of the sticks used in beating a drum," 1580s, from drum (n.) stick (n.); applied to the lower joint of cooked fowl by 1764.
在英国维多利亚时代一些在令人看来极为普通的词曾被列为禁忌词，如trousers（裤子），breast（胸脯）等。对于这些词人们避而不用，每每代之以委婉语。leg（腿）也是其中之一，人们不说leg，而说limb等。为了避免引起一些人的不愉快，鸡胸脯被称做white meat，
white meat
而鸡腿被称为dark meat 或 drumstick，drumstick意思是“鼓槌”，一度被作为leg的委婉语使用，现一般用以指“鸡腿下段”，因其形似鼓槌。
例句：
Chest meat, he asserted, is too stringy, whereas the drumstick of a young chicken is delicate and easy to chew.
他认为鸡胸肉太老，而小鸡的鸡腿肉很嫩很好嚼。
The first dish was roasted chicken, immediately, the old man took the drumstick for the old lady. "Take this, it's your favorite."
第一道菜是烤鸡，菜刚上桌，马上老头一边夹了个鸡腿给老太太一边嘴里说着“来，平常你最爱吃这个。”
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