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 of this place brought back memories.
  这里的每一个角落都唤起我的回忆。
• A mouse hiding in a cranny in the stone wall
  藏在石墙缝隙里的老鼠
• 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。
• "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.”
• I can tell you what I was searching for in every nook and cranny on that recruiting trip.
  我可以告诉你什么样的人，是我在招聘的时候找遍了每一个角落所要寻找的。
• Every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack.
  每一个角落里都塞满了硬面包。
• 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。
• Every nook and cranny has been swepted clean.
  每个犄角旮旯都被打扫干净了。
• 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。
• The cranny in the table became more and more wide.
  桌子上的裂缝越变越宽。