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

• Every nook and cranny has been swepted clean.
  每个犄角旮旯都被打扫干净了。
• 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。
• "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.”
• The shrapnel was searching every cranny.
  榴霰弹正在四散开来。
• The modified tensile stress crack propagation criterion and influence of cranny hydraulic pressure on crack propagation
  修正的拉应力裂纹扩展准则及裂隙水压对裂纹扩展的影响
• They fled like lizards into crannies in the rocks.
  他们像蜥蜴一样逃进了石缝。
• 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。
• Look in every nook and cranny!
  仔细检查各个角落缝隙！
• Every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack.
  每一个角落里都塞满了硬面包。
• Every nook and cranny has been swept clean.
  旮旮旯旯儿都打扫干净了。