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单词 cane
释义

cane /kān/

noun
  1. The stem of one of the small palms (eg calamus or rattan) or the larger grasses (eg bamboo or sugarcane), or raspberry or the like
  2. Sugarcane
  3. Wicker, rattan, etc used to weave baskets or light furniture
  4. A slender stick used as a support for plants, etc
  5. A slender, flexible rod used for beating, esp, formerly, as a school punishment
  6. A walking-stick
transitive verb
  1. To beat with a cane
  2. To defeat thoroughly (informal)
  3. To make or weave (eg chairs) with canes
ORIGIN: Fr canne, from L canna, from Gr kannē a reed

caned adjective (informal)

Intoxicated by drink or drugs

canˈer noun

canˈing noun

  1. A thrashing with a cane
  2. A severe beating or defeat (informal)

canˈy adjective

Like, made of, or abounding in cane

caneˈ-bottomed adjective

(of a chair, etc) having a seat of interwoven cane strips

caneˈbrake noun

A thicket of canes, esp (in southern USA) of a giant reed

caneˈ-chair noun

A chair made of rattan

caneˈfruit noun

Fruit borne upon canes, such as raspberries and blackberries

cane grass noun (Aust)

Any of several long-stemmed grasses growing in swamps and marshes

caneˈ-mill noun

A mill for crushing sugarcane

cane piece noun (W Indies)

A field of sugarcane, esp one belonging to a peasant farmer

cane rat noun

A tropical African rat of the genus Thryonomys that lives in swampy regions and is often a pest of sugar plantations

cane sugar noun

Sucrose, esp that obtained from the sugar-cane

caneˈ-toad noun (Aust)

The large toad (Bufo marinus) introduced to Queensland, and now abundant in Australia

caneˈ-trash noun

Refuse of sugar-cane used for fuel when boiling the juice

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