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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The shrapnel was searching every cranny.
  榴霰弹正在四散开来。
• 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。
• 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 beautiful nook and cranny.
  每一个漂亮的隐蔽处和缝隙。
• He was sleepy, and his bones ached, and the smell of cooking filled every nook and cranny of his consciousness.
  他昏昏欲睡，骨头酸痛，烧肉的香味充溢他意识的每个角落。
• And catch a turnip ghost in every cranny.
  也不会抓住每一个缝隙中的芜菁灯。