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。
• 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。
• Chang-le basalt has air hole and almond construct, so it has a good connectivity and rock cranny overgrown, that can be propitious to ground water movement and store.
  昌乐玄武岩具气孔及杏仁构造，连通性好，成岩裂隙发育，有利于地下水运动及赋存。
• Hence, analysis on seepage and seepage-control for cranny rocks is the main content of large-scale underground caverns.
  因此，裂隙岩体的渗流分析和控制，是超大型地下洞室群围岩稳定研究的重要内容。
• 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。
• The shrapnel was searching every cranny.
  榴霰弹正在四散开来。
• 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；
• Every nook and cranny has been swepted clean.
  每个犄角旮旯都被打扫干净了。
• 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。
• Look in every nook and cranny!
  仔细检查各个角落缝隙！