单词
cranny
英 ['kr?n?]
美['kr?ni]
基本信息
- n. 裂隙，裂缝
词态变化
复数:?crannies;
中文词源
cranny 裂缝
来自PIE*sker, 砍，劈，词源同shear, caries.
英文词源
- cranny
- cranny: see crenellate
- cranny (n.)
- mid-15c., possibly from a diminutive of Middle French cran "notch, fissure" (14c.), from crener "to notch, split," from Medieval Latin crenare, possibly from Latin cernere "to separate, sift" (see crisis). But OED casts doubt on this derivation.
双语例句
- 1. Boxes are stacked in every nook and cranny at the factory.
- 盒子叠放在工厂的各个角落。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Every nook and cranny of this place brought back memories.
- 这个地方的每一个角落都勾起许多回忆.
来自辞典例句
- 3. He knew every nook and cranny of the area.
- 他对这一带的一草一木都了如指掌.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The shrapnel was searching every cranny.
- 榴霰弹正在四散开来.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句
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