| 词汇 | nook and cranny |
| 释义 | Idiom nook and cranny Theme: HIDING small, out-of-the-way places or places where something can be hidden. (Usually with every. Fixed order.)We looked for the tickets in every nook and cranny. They were lost. There was no doubt.The decorator had placed flowers in every nook and cranny. nook and cranny noun the buttocks, the backside; the vagina. Rhyming slang for FANNY UK, 1979nook and crannyEvery possible place or part of something, down to the smallest ones. You need to clean every nook and cranny of this room before your grandmother gets here—it has to be spotless for her! I looked in every nook and cranny of the attic and couldn't find that box anywhere. nooks and cranniesCOMMON If you talk about the nooks and crannies of a place or object, you mean the smaller parts which are not normally noticed or are hard to reach. In the weeks before Christmas, we would search all the nooks and crannies of the house, trying to find our presents. This historic county town is packed with interesting nooks and crannies to explore. Note: You can also talk about every nook and cranny, meaning all the parts of a place or object. He seemed to know every nook and cranny of Venice. Note: A nook is a corner or recess in a wall, and a cranny is a narrow opening or gap. nook and cranny, everyEvery place, all over. This expression combines nook, which has meant an out-of-the-way corner since the fourteenth century, and cranny, meaning a crack or crevice since the fifteenth century. Frederick Marryat used it in Japhet in Search of a Father (1836): “After examining every nook and cranny they could think of.” |
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