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

• Every nook and cranny has been swepted clean.
  每个犄角旮旯都被打扫干净了。
• The shrapnel was searching every cranny.
  榴霰弹正在四散开来。
• Each bright face was illuminnated by positive thoughts and feeling as he or she eagerly anticipated the morning's song, meditations and exploration into yet another metaphysical cranny of the mind.
  不论男孩还是女孩，都热切的期待着晨歌，默想或是对心灵深处某个角落的玄妙探索，自信积极的思想和情感使一张张小脸熠熠生辉。
• Due to the abundance of trees and the low altitude of dwellings in peiping, cicadas are audible in every nook and cranny of the city.
  因为北平处处全长着树，屋子又低，所以无论在什么地方，都听得见它们的啼唱。
• Every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack.
  每一个角落里都塞满了硬面包。
• 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。
• I know every nook and cranny, every secret spot.
  我知道每个隐蔽处，每个藏身点。
• Every nook and cranny has been swept clean.
  旮旮旯旯儿都打扫干净了。
• 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。
• And catch a turnip ghost in every cranny.
  也不会抓住每一个缝隙中的芜菁灯。