| 单词 | cane |
| 释义 | cane (keɪn ) Word forms: canes , caning, caned 1. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar. ...cane furniture. ...cane sugar. Bamboo produces an annual crop of cane. Dig out and burn infected canes. 2. countable noun A cane is a long thin stick with a curved or round top which you can use to support yourself when you are walking, or which in the past was fashionable to carry with you. He wore a grey suit and leaned heavily on his cane. 3. countable noun A cane is a long, thin, flexible stick which in the past was used to hit people, especially children at school, as a punishment. Until the 1980s, some criminals were still flogged with a rattan cane as a punishment. The cane is used to refer to the punishment of being hit with a cane. In school, you knew if you misbehaved you would get the cane. 4. verb If a child is caned, he or she is hit with a cane as a punishment. In Wales in the same era, boys were caned for speaking Welsh in the playground. [be/get V-ed for -ing/n] 5. countable noun A cane is a tall, narrow stick, usually made of bamboo, which is used for supporting plants. 6. See also sugar cane Collocations: walking cane She wears tinted glasses because of her extreme sensitivity to light, and uses a walking cane to move around on stage. Times, Sunday Times The final dandified touch was a walking cane, just too short to be of any practical use. Times, Sunday Times He entered the stage carrying a walking cane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inverting a walking cane creates a simple u-shaped curve on the ground that the individual can focus on stepping over. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was unable to swim after this injury and required the use of a walking cane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 茎竹或甘蔗的 Japanese: 茎 |
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