cranny

英 [ˈkræni]

美 [ˈkræni]

n.  (尤指墙上的)小孔，缝隙，裂缝

复数：crannies　

BNC.19830 / COCA.18531

习惯用语

n.

every nook and cranny
• 到处；各个方面
  every part of a place; every aspect of a situation

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指墙上的）小孔，缝隙，裂缝
  a very small hole or opening, especially in a wall

柯林斯词典

• 他们像蜥蜴一样逃进了石缝。 → see:They fled like lizards into crannies in the rocks.

英英释义

noun

• a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
• a long narrow depression in a surface
  Synonym:crevicecrackfissurechap

双语例句

• The cranny in the table became more and more wide.
  桌子上的裂缝越变越宽。
• They fled like lizards into crannies in the rocks.
  他们像蜥蜴一样逃进了石缝。
• Get yourself a travel pass to ride the exclusive vaporetto& single tickets don't come cheap, and are less economical if you plan to spend days touring Venice and exploring every nook and cranny.
  给自己办一张专门的水上汽艇乘坐证&单程票不便宜，而且如果您打算花几天参观威尼斯和探索每个角落的话，单程票很不经济。
• I've searched every nook and cranny but I still can't find the keys.
  我找遍所有的地方也没找到钥匙。
• Most drugs work by docking with a protein molecule, and they have to fit the cranny they enter quite precisely.
  大多数药是通过引入蛋白质分子而起作用的，它们必须同它们要进入的缝隙配合得天衣无缝。
• And catch a turnip ghost in every cranny.
  也不会抓住每一个缝隙中的芜菁灯。
• "cranny: a small opening, as in a wall or rock face; a crevice."
  “裂缝，裂口：在墙壁或石头等上面的小开口；裂缝.”
• A mouse hiding in a cranny in the stone wall
  藏在石墙缝隙里的老鼠
• Every nook and cranny of this place brought back memories.
  这里的每一个角落都唤起我的回忆。
• From the end of the pier to the end of Main Street, the only way to truly explore every nook and cranny of Huntington Beach is on foot.
  从码头年底大街结束，只有这样才能真正探索亨廷顿海滩的每一个角落是步行。