cranny
A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substanceA small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
» Did you search every nook and cranny?
Значение
значений: 4A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.
Spalt, Versteck
щельščelʹ, трещинаtreščina
щільščilʹ, щілинаščilyna, тріщинаtriščyna
a small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall)
A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
(Индия, устаревшее)A clerk writing English.
(Индия, устаревшее)A member of the East Indians, or mixed-race people, from among whom English copyists were chiefly recruited.
Примеры
предложений: 11Did you search every nook and cranny?
Mary knows every nook and cranny here.
Мэри здесь каждый уголок знает. — marafon
deMaria kennt hier jeden Winkel. — al_ex_an_der
Tom searched every nook and cranny of the house looking for his wallet.
Том осмотрел каждый угол в поисках своего кошелька. — RU
deTom suchte in jedem Winkel seines Hauses nach seinem Portemonnaie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's all kinds of nooks and crannies.
Ziri explored the nooks and crannies of the site.
Переводы
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Происхождение
From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), fromFrom 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; according to Watkins, of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krīnos (“decayed, withered”).
Borrowed from Hindustani किरानी (kirānī) / کِرانِی (kirānī).
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