nook

FREQ #20211

n. 角落, 躲蔽处, 隐匿处, 凹处

发音

US /nʊk/
其它 /nʉk/
SCOT /nʉk/

词形变化

nooks 复数 nooks nooked nooking nooks 三单 nooking 现在分词 nooked 过去式 nooked 过去分词

别名

nuke

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.

    角落

    There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.

  2. 2.

    A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.

    The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.

  3. 3.

    A recess, cove or hollow.

  4. 4.

    An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.

    历史
  5. 5.

    A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.

    古体
  6. 6.

    The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.

    粗俗
v.
  1. 1.

    To withdraw into a nook.

  2. 2.

    To situate in a nook.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

corner

上位词 2

area retreat

下位词 2

chimney corner inglenook

整体词 2

building edifice

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 nook or cranny nook and corner any nook or cranny any old nook or cranny every old nook and cranny every nook and corner ingle nook Heads Nook Pocket Nook book nook reading nook

词源

From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”).

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