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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The cranny in the table became more and more wide.
  桌子上的裂缝越变越宽。
• Every nook and cranny has been swepted clean.
  每个犄角旮旯都被打扫干净了。
• 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！
• A mouse hiding in a cranny in the stone wall
  藏在石墙缝隙里的老鼠
• And catch a turnip ghost in every cranny.
  也不会抓住每一个缝隙中的芜菁灯。
• I know every nook and cranny, every secret spot.
  我知道每个隐蔽处，每个藏身点。