cane

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:; The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae. uncountable
  2. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:; The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed. uncountable
  3. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:; Sugar cane. uncountable
    — Still, a dozen men with rifles, and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.
  4. A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof:; Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar. Southern,US,countable,uncountable
  5. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:; A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment. countable
    — He stalked behind her simple narrative, a kill-joy parent, hasty, intolerant, keeping a special cane to enforce the authority of his sadistic God[.]
  6. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:; Corporal punishment by beating with a cane. countable,uncountable,with-definite-article
    — The teacher gave his student the cane for throwing paper.
  7. The stem of such a plant adapted for use as a tool:; A lance or dart made of cane. countable,uncountable
    — Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign / The flying skirmish of the darted cane.
  8. A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:; A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick. countable
    — After breaking his leg, he needed a cane to walk.
  9. A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:; A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking. countable
  10. A rod-shaped tool or device, resembling the stem of the plant:; A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path. countable
  11. Split rattan, as used in wickerwork and basketry. uncountable
    — The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.
  12. A local European measure of length; the canna. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To strike or beat with a cane or similar implement.
  2. To make or furnish with cane or rattan. transitive
    — to cane chairs
  3. To destroy; to comprehensively defeat. New-Zealand,UK,slang
    — Mudchester Rovers were caned 10-0.
  4. To do something well, in a competent fashion. New-Zealand,UK,slang
  5. To go very fast. UK,slang
  6. To produce extreme pain. Australia,UK,intransitive,slang
    — Don’t hit me with that. It really canes!

词形变化

canes plural canes present,singular,third-person caning participle,present caned participle,past caned past

词汇关系

衍生词
bamboo cane blind man's cane candy cane cane apple cane ash caneball cane beardgrass cane beetle cane bluestem caneboard cane borer canebrake cane brake cane carter cane cutter canecutter cane field canefield canefruit cane fu cane gall canegrass cane grass canegrub cane grub cane juice cane killer cane knife caneland caneless canelike cane-like caneology cane piece caner cane rat cane rust cane sugar cane syrup cane toad cane train caneware canework caneworking canite cany dumbcane dumb cane floricane giant cane great cane hill cane large cane lawyer cane macaroni cane maiden cane Malacca cane plant-cane primocane probing cane rattan cane recane ribbon cane rivercane river cane Santa's cane small cane snake cane sugar-cane sugar cane sweet cane switch cane sword cane walking cane white cane

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor.
Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor.
Latin canna
Old French canebor.
Middle English cane
English cane
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”). Doublet of canna and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor.
Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor.
Latin canna
Old French canebor.
Middle English cane
English cane
From Middle English cane, canne, from Old French cane (“sugar cane”), from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”). Doublet of canna and kaneh. Related to channel and canal.
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