cranny

FREQ #37489

n. 裂缝, 裂隙

发音

其它 /ˈkɹæni/

词形变化

crannies 复数 crannies 三单 crannying crannying 现在分词 crannied 过去式 crannied 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

  2. 2.

    A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

  3. 1.

    A clerk writing English.

    印度 废旧
  4. 2.

    A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited.

    印度 废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To break into, or become full of, crannies.

    不及物

    The ground did cranie everie where and light did pierce to hell.

  2. 2.

    To haunt or enter by crannies.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

crack chap fissure crevice

上位词 4

hole impression depression imprint

相关短语

nook and cranny [网络] 某地方的各处；最不引人注意的角落；于是连起来 any nook or cranny any old nook or cranny nook or cranny every old nook and cranny

词源

From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), from Old French cran, cren (“notch, fissure”), a derivative of crener (“to notch, split”), from Medieval Latin crenō (“split”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *crinō (“split, break”, verb), of obscure origin. Despite a spurious use in Pliny, connection to Latin crēna is doubtful. Instead, probably of Germanic or Celtic origin. Compare Old High German chrinna (“notch, groove, crevice”), Alemannic German Krinne (“small crack, channel, groove”), Low German karn (“notch, groove, crevice, cranny”), Old Irish ara-chrinin (“to perish, decay”).

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