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

• 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。
• For example, instead of tucking database query code in every available nook and cranny of your project, you organize all of it into models.
  例如，您要将这一切都组织到模型中，而不是在一切可用的位置存放数据库查询代码。
• Look in every nook and cranny!
  仔细检查各个角落缝隙！
• 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。
• They fled like lizards into crannies in the rocks.
  他们像蜥蜴一样逃进了石缝。
• The water in rock cranny can lead to land slide.
  节理裂隙中的水是造成岩体滑动的主要原因；
• He was sleepy, and his bones ached, and the smell of cooking filled every nook and cranny of his consciousness.
  他昏昏欲睡，骨头酸痛，烧肉的香味充溢他意识的每个角落。
• 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 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 of this place brought back memories.
  这里的每一个角落都唤起我的回忆。