英语单词 | cranny |
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英美音标 | 英 ['kræni] 美 ['kræni] |
中文释义 | n.裂缝;裂隙 |
英语例句 | (1) There are many crannies on the wall. (2) The cranny in the table became more and more wide. (3) Every nook and cranny has been swept clean. |
中文例句 | (1) 在墙上有许多小裂缝。 (2) 桌子上的裂缝越变越宽。 (3) 旮旮旯旯儿都打扫干净了。 |
vocabulary简明 | A cranny is a little crack or narrow opening, Many cats like to settle themselves into any cranny they can find. |
vocabulary扩展 | A rock wall is full of crannies where you can fit your fingers and feet as you climb up, while a tree's crackly bark provides crannies for insects to hide in. It's pretty common to see the word cranny accompanied by nook: "When you vacuum the living room, don't forget about all the little nooks and crannies!" Cranny is a diminutive of the Old French cran, "notch or fissure," from crener, "to split." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]缝隙;裂缝 Crannies are very narrow openings or spaces in something. every nook and cranny→see: nook ; [usu pl]
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