nook

英 [nʊk]

美 [nʊk]

n.  僻静处; 幽静的角落

复数：nooks　

TOEFL

BNC.18768 / COCA.12643

习惯用语

n.

every nook and cranny
• 到处；各个方面
  every part of a place; every aspect of a situation

牛津词典

noun

• 僻静处；幽静的角落
  a small quiet place or corner that is sheltered or hidden from other people
  1. a shady nook in the garden
     花园里阴凉的一角
  2. dark woods full of secret nooks and crannies
     充满了神秘色彩的幽暗的树林

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 隐蔽处;偏僻处
  Anookis a small and sheltered place.
  1. We found a seat in a little nook, and had some lunch.
     我们在一个小角落找了个位子，吃了点午饭。

英英释义

noun

• an interior angle formed by two meeting walls
  1. a piano was in one corner of the room
  Synonym:corner
• a sheltered and secluded place

双语例句

• I can tell you what I was searching for in every nook and cranny on that recruiting trip.
  我可以告诉你什么样的人，是我在招聘的时候找遍了每一个角落所要寻找的。
• This nook felt like the most private place in the office.
  答：这个角落好像是整个办公室里最私密的地方。
• We found a seat in a little nook, and had some lunch.
  我们在一个小角落找了个位子，吃了点午饭。
• Yester-evening I sat in my nook reading some old books till late on towards twelve.
  昨天晚上，我坐在我的角落里读些旧书，一直读到十二点。
• That we sit sometimes in the wayside nook.
  我们这才有机会坐在路边角落里。
• A custom half-circle window was installed in the breakfast nook.
  一个订制的半圆窗安装在早餐区的角落。
• Put it back into the nook it occupied until a few minutes ago.
  把它放回还在几分钟前由它占据的角落。
• There was not a single nook, no hiding place, no nothing.
  没有一个角落，没有藏身之地，什么也没有。
• Should they end by both getting lost, and by furnishing two skeletons in a nook of that night?
  难道他俩最后要在这里迷路并在这黑夜的角落里留下两具尸骨？他一无所知。他自问但又无法自答。
• Every nook and cranny was filled with hardtack.
  每一个角落里都塞满了硬面包。