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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Look in every nook and cranny!
  仔细检查各个角落缝隙！
• The shrapnel was searching every cranny.
  榴霰弹正在四散开来。
• Every beautiful nook and cranny.
  每一个漂亮的隐蔽处和缝隙。
• 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。
• 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；
• "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.”