cane
cane — 名詞
- canesingular
- canesplural
1. the firm, tube-like body of tall grasses such as bamboo and sugar cane, used to
莖稈
竹、甘蔗等植物的空心硬莖，可製家具
the firm, tube-like body of tall grasses such as bamboo and sugar cane, used to make lightweight furniture or cut into short sticks that support garden plants
Sumin bought cane chairs for her balcony, and they stayed in good shape for over a decade.
Sumin 買了幾張藤椅放在陽台上，用了十多年都還很好。
material use: cane chairs / cane furniture
The garden centre sells strong cane sticks that help tomato plants grow upright.
這家園藝店賣的堅固竹棍可以幫助番茄植株直立生長。
collocation: cane sticks / garden support
Farmers cut sugar cane by hand when the thick stems turn golden brown.
農民在甘蔗莖變成金黃色時用手工收割。
Bamboo is a fast-growing cane that builders use for scaffolding in many countries.
竹子是一種生長快速的莖稈植物，許多國家用它搭建鷹架。
Years of sunlight had dried the woven cane on Grandfather's armchair until it began to fray.
多年的日曬讓祖父扶手椅上的藤編變得乾燥，開始磨損。
文法句型
cane + [material noun]
sugar cane / bamboo cane
2. a stick with a curved or straight handle that people who are elderly, injured, o
手杖
年長或行動不便者使用的輔助行走工具
a stick with a curved or straight handle that people who are elderly, injured, or have difficulty walking hold in their hand to help them stay steady on their feet
After breaking her ankle, Adaeze used a cane to get around the house.
Adaeze 腳踝骨折後，靠著手杖在家裡走動。
collocation: use a cane / walk with a cane
The wooden cane with a silver handle belonged to Quan's great-grandfather.
那枝帶銀色手柄的木手杖是 Quan 曾祖父留下來的。
Eli tapped his cane on the kerb to check where the pavement ended.
Eli 用手杖敲敲路緣，確認人行道的邊緣在哪裡。
Renata's doctor suggested a lighter cane to reduce the strain on her wrist.
Renata 的醫生建議她換一枝更輕的手杖，以減輕手腕的負擔。
Since losing her sight, Mingxia relies on a white cane to feel for curbs and steps.
Mingxia 失明後靠一枝白色手杖探測路緣和台階。
- walking stick
a broader term; can be decorative or for hiking, not necessarily used for medical support
- staff
a long, straight stick used for hiking; taller than a cane and usually held at chest height
文法句型
use a cane
walk with a cane
用法筆記
A cane supports part of your body weight; for full weight-bearing support people use crutches (which go under the arms) or a walking frame.
常見錯誤
3. a thin rod made from cane or similar material, used in former times to hit schoo
笞杖
昔日學校體罰學生用的細長棍棒
a thin rod made from cane or similar material, used in former times to hit schoolchildren as a formal punishment for bad behaviour
School records from St. Mark's showed the headmaster used the cane for fighting or stealing.
St. Mark's 的學校紀錄顯示，校長用笞杖處罰打架或偷竊的學生。
collocation: use the cane / the cane (singular)
Meera's grandfather recalled being hit with a cane for speaking in class.
Meera 的祖父回憶說，他曾在課堂上講話而被笞杖責打。
passive: hit with a cane / be caned
By the late nineteen-eighties, British state schools had banned the cane after parent complaints.
到了一九八〇年代末，英國公立學校在家長投訴後已禁止笞杖體罰。
The headmaster kept a thin cane in his office drawer for disciplinary purposes.
校長在他的辦公桌抽屜裡放了一根細笞杖，以備懲戒之用。
文法句型
the cane
use the cane on [somebody]
用法筆記
This sense is now mostly historical; corporal punishment with a cane has been illegal in most countries for decades. The phrase 'the cane' is commonly used without an article in set expressions ('to get the cane', 'to use the cane').
常見錯誤
cane — 動詞
- canepresent simple I / you / we / they
- canes3rd person singular
- caning-ing form
- canedpast simple
1. to strike a schoolchild or another person with a thin rod as a formal punishment
鞭笞
用細棍棒打人作為處罰
to strike a schoolchild or another person with a thin rod as a formal punishment, usually for breaking rules
The teacher caned the boy for drawing on his desk during class.
老師因為那個男孩在課堂上畫桌子而用笞杖打了他。
transitive: cane [somebody] for [something]
In nineteen-fifties Dublin, Mrs. O'Connor caned her son Seamus for fighting on the playground.
在一九五〇年代的都柏林，O'Connor 太太因為兒子 Seamus 在操場打架而用笞杖打了他。
Kabir was caned in front of the whole school for stealing lunch money.
Kabir 因為偷午餐錢而在全校師生面前被笞杖懲罰。
Harrow School rules in 1962 stated no teacher could cane a student without the headmaster's permission.
Harrow 學校一九六二年的校規規定，未經校長許可不得用笞杖打學生。
Kenji remembered the day the principal caned him for running in the corridor.
Kenji 還記得校長因為他在走廊奔跑而用笞杖打他的那一天。
文法句型
cane [somebody]
cane [somebody] for [something]
be caned for [something]
用法筆記
The verb 'cane' is almost always used in past-tense or historical narratives. It has largely fallen out of active use because corporal punishment is now illegal in most countries. The gerund form 'caning' is also common as a noun ('public caning').