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 on the familiar road and in my room.
  在我房间里与熟悉的路上的每个角落。
• And catch a turnip ghost in every cranny.
  也不会抓住每一个缝隙中的芜菁灯。
• 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
• 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？
• Every nook and cranny has been swept clean.
  旮旮旯旯儿都打扫干净了。
• 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。
• Every nook and cranny has been swepted clean.
  每个犄角旮旯都被打扫干净了。
• Every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack.
  每一个角落里都塞满了硬面包。
• Look in every nook and cranny!
  仔细检查各个角落缝隙！