Cane

GRE

[编辑] 解释

I. noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old Occitan cana, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian qanū reed, Hebrew qāneh
Date: 14th century
1.
- a.
  - (1) a hollow or pithy and usually slender and flexible jointed stem (as of a reed)
  - (2) any of various slender woody stems; especially an elongated flowering or fruiting stem (as of a rose) usually arising directly from the ground
- b. any of various tall woody grasses or reeds: as
  - (1) any of a genus (Arundinaria) of coarse grasses
  - (2) sugarcane
  - (3) sorghum
2. cane dressed for use: as
- a. a cane walking stick; broadly walking stick
- b. a cane or rod for flogging
- c. rattan; especially split rattan for wickerwork or basketwork
3. a tiny glass rod used in decorative glasswork (as in millefiori and paperweights)

II. transitive verb (caned; caning)

Date: 1662
1. to beat with a cane <he sat in a professor's chair and caned sophomores for blowing spitballs — H. L. Mencken
2. to weave or furnish with cane <cane the seat of a chair