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。
• It's as if you're supposed to know every single nook and cranny of the business, right?
  这似乎是认为您应该知道业务的每个细节，对吧？
• They fled like lizards into crannies in the rocks.
  他们像蜥蜴一样逃进了石缝。
• 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。
• 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。
• Due to the abundance of trees and the low altitude of dwellings in peiping, cicadas are audible in every nook and cranny of the city.
  因为北平处处全长着树，屋子又低，所以无论在什么地方，都听得见它们的啼唱。
• Blessings abound in every nook and cranny, especially in YOUR nook and in YOUR cranny!
  祝福充满每个角落，特别是你的周围！
• It has a long history, spreading its messages into every nook and cranny of American social and political life.
  长期的历史扩散到美国社会和政治领域的方方面面。
• "cranny: a small opening, as in a wall or rock face; a crevice."
  “裂缝，裂口：在墙壁或石头等上面的小开口；裂缝.”
• From the end of the pier to the end of Main Street, the only way to truly explore every nook and cranny of Huntington Beach is on foot.
  从码头年底大街结束，只有这样才能真正探索亨廷顿海滩的每一个角落是步行。