Definition of cane in English:

cane

noun keɪnkeɪn

1The hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan.
（尤指竹子、甘蔗或藤条的）中空有节的茎
Example sentencesExamples
- Stam's choice would be this black bamboo whose arching canes can have the gleam of polished ebony.
- It involved cutting canes, watering, and pulling out weeds.
- In winter, the stems, or canes, turn from green to red, which helps protect them from ultraviolet rays and oxidation.
- A scattering of alliums, Purple Sensation, nicely set off the yellow of the bamboo canes and the palm flowers.
- Now Alex observed that the third leg was much skinnier than the other two, like a tree branch or a cane.
- An established plant can generate vegetation - canes, foliage, and flowers - weighing several hundred pounds.
- They brought the eggs back to Constantinople in hollow canes.
1. 1.1 Any plant that produces canes.
  长节茎植物
  Example sentencesExamples
  The actual genetic relationships among the native canes and the extent to which they contributed to the commercial hybrid germplasm has been the subject of speculation over the years.
  Bamboos and other canes often have edible seeds.
  Plant and prune vines, fruit trees, bushes and canes.
2. 1.2mass noun Stems of bamboo, rattan, or wicker used as a material for making furniture or baskets.
  竹料；藤条；柳条（用于制作家具或篮子）
  as modifier a cane coffee table
  藤条咖啡桌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And the plight of cane producers in the South is getting worse.
  These materials, as well as wicker and cane, have low moisture absorption capability.
  Mr Clarke said five cane suites were taken, two of which are dark brown, two honey-coloured and one pale.
  You can also do a lot with a group of small baskets, metal or cane, hanging from a sturdy hook in the ceiling.
  The artifacts made of wood, bamboo and cane are claimed to be peculiar to the North Eastern States.
  There were a few huge cane clocks and lamps too at the stall.
  The business originally sold pottery, cane furniture and giftware at premises further down the road and was opened as a joint venture between Mrs Noon and her late husband Ronald.
  Alternatively, construct the chair's carcass like this but weave the seat from strips of hessian or wicker-type cane.
  The same soothing mix of wood, cane, cotton, and thatch prevails in the resort's beachfront courtyard.
  These circular basket boats are like large, unsinkable, cane saucers covered in buffalo-hide or plastic.
  On my way back I stop at a village that has several shops with cane products.
  I know of only two vehicles that could be purchased ex works with a wicker or woven cane body.
  Every morning he heads out with a flute and two cane baskets flung across his shoulder on a bamboo pole.
  Many Joburgers will remember the site as The Cane Shop, where cane blinds, furniture and baskets were once made.
  On the ground floor of the venue, an eye-catching collection of cane furniture in a variety of shapes and styles, grabs the attention of visitors.
  Comfy upholstered seats with cane backs accompany round copper-topped tables.
  It is a hut supported by poles, with walls of palm fronds, cane, clay, or boards.
  The waste generated in the making of cane and bamboo products is used for production of handmade paper and decorative tiles for eco-friendly living.
  The surroundings are ‘homely’ with padded cane furniture, raffia placemats and red linen napkins.
  Jute bags look stylish enough, when used as carry bags fitted with bamboo or cane handles.
3. 1.3
  short for sugar cane
  Example sentencesExamples
  Included in yesterday's sugar package was a $50,000 re-establishment fee for cane harvesters.
  A football trophy was the only item that cane farmer Graham Jensen could salvage from the ashes of his home which was destroyed by fire on Friday night.
  Rum is made by fermenting either cane juice or molasses mixed with water, and then distilling the resulting low-alcohol wine.
  This season it had been unusually cold, but the cane crop was rich.
  NSW Sugar will pioneer harvesting techniques that collect the whole cane crop, then separate it at the mill.
  Resentment focused on the fact that many farmers had been driven to sell wheat early at a lower price to finance the planting and irrigation of their next cane crop.
  The minister gave the commitment that the Government will not reduce the price of cane and other support measures to farmers.
  But the funding announcements Mr Barton is expected to make during a visit to the region, do promise to sweeten the mood of cane farmers.
  The region has about 120 cane farmers, all of whom are contemplating their future without the Moreton Mill.
  The Bundaberg district's cane farmers are eagerly awaiting news of the sugar rescue package.
  The first occurred while cutting cane a couple of years ago, he said.
  Ahmed has recommended large-scale use of bio-ethanol produced as a by-product of sugar in cane mills.
  NSW cane farmers must think about diversifying to other crops.
4. 1.4 A flexible woody stem of the raspberry plant or any of its relatives.
  （悬钩子等植物的）软木茎
  raspberry canes
  Example sentencesExamples
  Burying the rose is best accomplished by first hand-stripping leaves, then bundling the major canes loosely together.
  After your roses become dormant in the fall, protect them from severe freezing weather by piling a mound of soil over the canes.
  When the canes reach the top of a stand-alone post, they will cascade and supply an umbrella of blooms.
  The berries are borne on year old canes, and on two and three year old spurs.
  Cane galls occur almost exclusively on fruiting canes and usually appear in late spring or early summer.
  It is seldom wise to leave more than six canes on any rose plant.
  This disease reduces raspberry yields by wilting, stunting, and eventually killing the fruiting cane or the entire plant.
  The farther the fruiting canes are from the main stem, the less likely they are to bear fruit.
  After the spring wave of bloom is finished, climbers may have older canes shortened or removed.
  The further back you cut hybrid teas, the stronger and thicker the new canes will be.
  Brambles send up so many new canes each year that they can become overcrowded, so you must also cut some of the new canes to the ground.
  They'll soon die anyway, and removing them admits more sunshine to the new canes growing from the base of the plant.
  Cut out all the old fruiting canes from raspberries, loganberries and blackberries and tie in the new shoots.
  As in red raspberries, surplus blackberry canes should be thinned out in the spring.
  The bud union is the ‘knob’ at the base of the cane from which all new canes grow.
  Prune the flowering side shoots to two to three buds above the structural canes during the dormant season.
  Also, when the old fruiting canes are removed after harvest, some of the weak suckers can be removed by hand.
  On established plants, prune dead, damaged, and overcrowded canes to the base.
  Anthracnose can cause symptoms on canes, leaves, fruit, and stems of berry clusters.
  Most of this class are large shrubs with rather lax canes that can be trained as pillar or climbing roses.
  Synonyms
  stem, shoot, trunk, stock, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
2A length of cane or a slender stick, especially one used as a support for plants, a walking stick, or an instrument of punishment.
（支撑植物用的）竹杖，藤条；拐杖；（惩罚用）棍棒
tie the shoot to a cane if vertical growth is required
Example sentencesExamples
- Go for a hike in the Alps and you'll notice a curious thing: Euros love their walking canes.
- His brother has been sentenced to six years and four lashes with a rattan cane.
- In flower-beds, stake tall perennials such as delphiniums and hollyhocks by using canes for individual flower stems or by pushing twiggy prunings from shrubs and trees into or around the clump.
- Chillies need some support; a cane by their side will be plenty for most.
- My son is off his crutches now but still walks with a cane for support and is always in pain by the end of the day.
- Similarly, canes or walking sticks are often coated with Teflon, so that they will not slip on hard, smooth surfaces.
- Feed tomatoes regularly, pinching out any side shoots that form and tying the main stems to canes for support.
- Then they noticed his cane, a long white stick that he folded up as he sat down.
- The court sentenced him to four strokes on his bare buttocks with a rattan cane.
- A walking cane for the blind developed by Dean Waters and research associates uses sonar to detect obstacles.
- She poked along with her cane, scanning the grass for chipmunk holes.
- To protect shrubs, erect a windbreak by inserting stout canes round the plant and then fixing several layers of hessian or netting to them.
- Next an elderly woman supporting herself with a cane ventured over.
- A cane that's too tall will make you work harder to pick it up and move it.
- Thieves are also using bamboo canes with magnets on the end to fish keys through letter boxes.
- Hoops and canes had proved ineffective and a strong but natural support was urgently required to keep the new growth of this plant upright.
- Outside the ancient settlement, with its alleyways and arches reinforced with bamboo canes, is the early 13 th-century romanesque church of St Esteve.
- Tie all the main shoots firmly to supporting wires or canes.
- Tie short pieces of old bamboo canes together to make a nest for ladybirds and place them next to the plants that are regularly attacked by aphids, such as roses.
- I always use a few bamboo canes to mark the planting position so I don't damage the shallow - planted bulbs.
Synonyms
walking stick, stick, staff
alpenstock, malacca, blackthorn, ashplant, rattan
crook
Australian/New Zealand waddy
historical ferule
stick, stake, rod, upright, pole, beanpole
stick, rod, birch
North American informal paddle
historical ferule
1. 2.1 A form of corporal punishment used in certain schools, involving beating with a cane.
  （某些学校的）棍棒体罚
  wrong answers were rewarded by the cane
  答错即受棍罚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'm very pleased to say I missed out on the days of school corporal punishment and thankfully was never exposed to the cane or other similar infamous tools of torture.
  The ultimate sanction of the cane still existed but was rarely applied.
  Violating the hijab code was made punishable by 100 lashes of the cane and six months imprisonment.
  In my day discipline was meted out with either the cane or a strap across the backside.
  Persistent offenders who were sent out of class three times did face a stiffer punishment: either the cane or else the shame of being slippered in front of the whole class.
  Synonyms
  lash, scourge, thong, strap, belt

verb keɪnkeɪn

[with object]

1Beat with a cane as a punishment.
用棍棒责打
Matthew was caned for bullying by the headmaster
Example sentencesExamples
- Which would be a funny tag to give to the principal who caned me so many times, but then ‘political correctness’ wasn't a term then.
- Barbara has memories of mischievous boys flicking bits of ink-soaked blotting paper at each other and shoving books down their trousers when they were to be caned.
- But my wails fell on deaf ears as she continued caning me.
- Errant students were caned, that was part of school life and the parents did not object.
- An angry deputy head said striking a prefect was a terrible thing and that if corporal punishment hadn't been banned, our victim would have been caned.
- I remember anticipating the possible punishment of being caned for writing about ‘an enemy’ - a Western Christian woman - and later being admonished by mum for provoking the authorities.
- Depending on the severity of these, some of the offenders would be caned.
- Then I was caned one last time, whipped one last time, soaked one last time, and spiked one last time.
- I remember being caned for talking after hours when the lights were out.
- He was as defiant as he was in school when he was caned because he had refused to salute visiting white military officers.
- I was beaten only three times - once for reading Biggles in first year Latin class, once for cheekiness, and once for pillow-fighting, and frankly, I would have been ashamed to have left school without having been caned.
- Another 11 people are due to be caned at a later date.
- As someone who was caned at school for gross incompetence in woodwork, I could but stand in wonder at the two wood-carved ceilings on display, representing stylised interpretations of the sun.
- I remember being caned on the hand for misbehaving occasionally and as students we addressed both the teachers and the Imam as ‘Uncle’.
- My mum would use to cane me in order to force me to take vegetables but no matter how hard I try, I'll always throw them up.
- Being pregnant, I couldn't be caned, lashed or put in the stocks.
- Monday morning assemblies had the usual climax, after the hymns and the sports reports, the farewells and welcomes for staff: the list of victims who would be caned by the mortar-boarded and black-gowned Headmaster.
- But in a situation where you are raised up being told that whipping and caning people is acceptable, do you not wonder why he is violent?
- The child with the board at the end of the day was caned!
Synonyms
beat, strike, hit, flog, thrash, lash, birch, whip, horsewhip, strap, leather, flagellate, scourge
North American bullwhip
informal tan someone's hide, give someone a hiding, take a strap to, larrup
North American informal whale
rare yerk, quirt
1. 1.1British informal Defeat heavily or punish severely.
  〈英，非正式〉大败，重创
  they have caned Essex and Durham in the Championship
  他们在锦标赛中让埃塞克斯和达勒姆输得很惨。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He's done every show of note, and still he caned it at the party last night.
  It wasn't as if they were caning the media for their reporting skills every time, but they did do it sometimes.
  The website is caning it at the moment and we have all you beautiful people to thank.
  In the same ruling, it got caned with a $7.12 million fine.
  Suffice to say that Andy's productivity and quality rate has never been higher and is basically caning mine.
  Dave Cockerill and Paul Lees caned the Thorpe attack with 131 coming in the first 20 overs.
  They were caned 60 to 7 by the slick 2002 Auckland side.
  It was a moment in time when the press was caning all the chefs.
  Private Doctors are far more regulated as they are more likely to be caned by the lawyers for any malpractice.
  The 'Canes caned the Crusaders 37-20 in a superb victory.
  Daniel Craig was caned in the press before this movie came out.
  The kind of youngsters who would go for it will get caned on insurance.
  And on television bulletins, viewers were first treated to how England rugby union had caned Canada which was about as exciting a tussle as Chelsea taking on Chertsey in football.
  Curiously, I had a dream last night that Latham absolutely caned Howard.
2British informal Take (drink or drugs) in large quantities.
〈英，非正式〉大量饮酒；大量吸毒
the others were probably out caning it in some bar
其他人可能正在外面某个酒吧里痛饮。
Example sentencesExamples
- That would be only when you're either very caned or very dreamy, I'd imagine.
- I like to cane it for a minimum of two nights, more often three.
- During some of the more mellow bits (i.e. before we really started caning it) the bloke at the front drifted back and had a chat.
- I'm not so bad now but, back then, I was caning it big time.
- What happens though, when failure to succeed, social stresses or the general burden of life here, cause you to drink before breakfast, get caned, or miss breakfast altogether and go to the bookies instead?
- We literally caned a bottle of wine and jammed this blues song.
- But I look at someone like Carl Cox, who's almost 40 and still caning it and I wonder how much longer he'll be able to keep it up.
- It was really slow (on my machine, anyway) but I found this could be sidestepped by being really, really caned when I played it.
- I know, I know… But seriously: get very caned, watch it, and bear in mind that it's not a film about gay glam rockers that uses faerie imagery, it's a film about faeries that uses gay glam rock imagery.

Derivatives

caner

noun

How am I going meet a responsible, nurturing woman, who isn't a caner?
Example sentencesExamples
- Only problem is that I just had a spliff with my raging caner of a housemate, & it's killer stuff.
- This work was almost certainly subcontracted and the stamp was the caner's method of recording output.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.

cannon from Late Middle English:
This large heavy piece of artillery derives its name from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed, tube’. Soldiers have been called cannon fodder, no more than material to be used up in war, since the late 19th century—the expression is a translation of German Kanonenfutter. Shakespeare did encapsulate a similar idea much earlier, with his phrase ‘food for powder’ in Henry IV Part 1. Canna or its Greek equivalent kanna is the base of a number of other words in English, as well as giving us the name of the canna lily (mid 17th century), which gets its name from the shape of its leaves. Some reflect the use of the plants for making things, some their hollow stems. Canes (Middle English) are basically the same plant. Canister (Late Middle English) was originally a basket from Latin canistrum ‘basket for bread, fruit, or flowers’, from Greek kanastron ‘wicker basket’, from kanna. Canal (Late Middle English) and channel (Middle English) both come via French from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’ from canna, and share a source with the Italian pasta cannelloni (mid 19th century). The medical cannula (late 17th century) was originally a ‘small reed’; a canyon (mid 19th century) is from Spanish cañón ‘tube’ from canna.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of cane in US English:

cane

nounkeɪnkān

1The hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan.
（尤指竹子、甘蔗或藤条的）中空有节的茎
Example sentencesExamples
- A scattering of alliums, Purple Sensation, nicely set off the yellow of the bamboo canes and the palm flowers.
- Stam's choice would be this black bamboo whose arching canes can have the gleam of polished ebony.
- They brought the eggs back to Constantinople in hollow canes.
- It involved cutting canes, watering, and pulling out weeds.
- Now Alex observed that the third leg was much skinnier than the other two, like a tree branch or a cane.
- In winter, the stems, or canes, turn from green to red, which helps protect them from ultraviolet rays and oxidation.
- An established plant can generate vegetation - canes, foliage, and flowers - weighing several hundred pounds.
1. 1.1 Any plant that produces canes.
  长节茎植物
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bamboos and other canes often have edible seeds.
  Plant and prune vines, fruit trees, bushes and canes.
  The actual genetic relationships among the native canes and the extent to which they contributed to the commercial hybrid germplasm has been the subject of speculation over the years.
2. 1.2 Stems of bamboo, rattan, or wicker used as a material for making furniture or baskets.
  竹料；藤条；柳条（用于制作家具或篮子）
  as modifier a cane coffee table
  藤条咖啡桌。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These circular basket boats are like large, unsinkable, cane saucers covered in buffalo-hide or plastic.
  I know of only two vehicles that could be purchased ex works with a wicker or woven cane body.
  Comfy upholstered seats with cane backs accompany round copper-topped tables.
  The waste generated in the making of cane and bamboo products is used for production of handmade paper and decorative tiles for eco-friendly living.
  On my way back I stop at a village that has several shops with cane products.
  You can also do a lot with a group of small baskets, metal or cane, hanging from a sturdy hook in the ceiling.
  The surroundings are ‘homely’ with padded cane furniture, raffia placemats and red linen napkins.
  There were a few huge cane clocks and lamps too at the stall.
  The artifacts made of wood, bamboo and cane are claimed to be peculiar to the North Eastern States.
  And the plight of cane producers in the South is getting worse.
  On the ground floor of the venue, an eye-catching collection of cane furniture in a variety of shapes and styles, grabs the attention of visitors.
  These materials, as well as wicker and cane, have low moisture absorption capability.
  Every morning he heads out with a flute and two cane baskets flung across his shoulder on a bamboo pole.
  It is a hut supported by poles, with walls of palm fronds, cane, clay, or boards.
  The same soothing mix of wood, cane, cotton, and thatch prevails in the resort's beachfront courtyard.
  The business originally sold pottery, cane furniture and giftware at premises further down the road and was opened as a joint venture between Mrs Noon and her late husband Ronald.
  Many Joburgers will remember the site as The Cane Shop, where cane blinds, furniture and baskets were once made.
  Jute bags look stylish enough, when used as carry bags fitted with bamboo or cane handles.
  Mr Clarke said five cane suites were taken, two of which are dark brown, two honey-coloured and one pale.
  Alternatively, construct the chair's carcass like this but weave the seat from strips of hessian or wicker-type cane.
3. 1.3
  short for sugar cane
  Example sentencesExamples
  The minister gave the commitment that the Government will not reduce the price of cane and other support measures to farmers.
  A football trophy was the only item that cane farmer Graham Jensen could salvage from the ashes of his home which was destroyed by fire on Friday night.
  The Bundaberg district's cane farmers are eagerly awaiting news of the sugar rescue package.
  NSW Sugar will pioneer harvesting techniques that collect the whole cane crop, then separate it at the mill.
  This season it had been unusually cold, but the cane crop was rich.
  Included in yesterday's sugar package was a $50,000 re-establishment fee for cane harvesters.
  But the funding announcements Mr Barton is expected to make during a visit to the region, do promise to sweeten the mood of cane farmers.
  Resentment focused on the fact that many farmers had been driven to sell wheat early at a lower price to finance the planting and irrigation of their next cane crop.
  The region has about 120 cane farmers, all of whom are contemplating their future without the Moreton Mill.
  Rum is made by fermenting either cane juice or molasses mixed with water, and then distilling the resulting low-alcohol wine.
  NSW cane farmers must think about diversifying to other crops.
  Ahmed has recommended large-scale use of bio-ethanol produced as a by-product of sugar in cane mills.
  The first occurred while cutting cane a couple of years ago, he said.
4. 1.4 A flexible woody stem of the raspberry plant or any of its relatives.
  （悬钩子等植物的）软木茎
  Example sentencesExamples
  When the canes reach the top of a stand-alone post, they will cascade and supply an umbrella of blooms.
  Anthracnose can cause symptoms on canes, leaves, fruit, and stems of berry clusters.
  Cane galls occur almost exclusively on fruiting canes and usually appear in late spring or early summer.
  Cut out all the old fruiting canes from raspberries, loganberries and blackberries and tie in the new shoots.
  Brambles send up so many new canes each year that they can become overcrowded, so you must also cut some of the new canes to the ground.
  They'll soon die anyway, and removing them admits more sunshine to the new canes growing from the base of the plant.
  The berries are borne on year old canes, and on two and three year old spurs.
  Burying the rose is best accomplished by first hand-stripping leaves, then bundling the major canes loosely together.
  The further back you cut hybrid teas, the stronger and thicker the new canes will be.
  The bud union is the ‘knob’ at the base of the cane from which all new canes grow.
  After the spring wave of bloom is finished, climbers may have older canes shortened or removed.
  As in red raspberries, surplus blackberry canes should be thinned out in the spring.
  This disease reduces raspberry yields by wilting, stunting, and eventually killing the fruiting cane or the entire plant.
  It is seldom wise to leave more than six canes on any rose plant.
  Also, when the old fruiting canes are removed after harvest, some of the weak suckers can be removed by hand.
  Most of this class are large shrubs with rather lax canes that can be trained as pillar or climbing roses.
  After your roses become dormant in the fall, protect them from severe freezing weather by piling a mound of soil over the canes.
  The farther the fruiting canes are from the main stem, the less likely they are to bear fruit.
  On established plants, prune dead, damaged, and overcrowded canes to the base.
  Prune the flowering side shoots to two to three buds above the structural canes during the dormant season.
  Synonyms
  stem, shoot, trunk, stock, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed
2A length of cane or a slender stick, especially one used as a support for plants, as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment.
（支撑植物用的）竹杖，藤条；拐杖；（惩罚用）棍棒
Example sentencesExamples
- His brother has been sentenced to six years and four lashes with a rattan cane.
- Tie all the main shoots firmly to supporting wires or canes.
- Chillies need some support; a cane by their side will be plenty for most.
- Go for a hike in the Alps and you'll notice a curious thing: Euros love their walking canes.
- Thieves are also using bamboo canes with magnets on the end to fish keys through letter boxes.
- Feed tomatoes regularly, pinching out any side shoots that form and tying the main stems to canes for support.
- A walking cane for the blind developed by Dean Waters and research associates uses sonar to detect obstacles.
- A cane that's too tall will make you work harder to pick it up and move it.
- Hoops and canes had proved ineffective and a strong but natural support was urgently required to keep the new growth of this plant upright.
- In flower-beds, stake tall perennials such as delphiniums and hollyhocks by using canes for individual flower stems or by pushing twiggy prunings from shrubs and trees into or around the clump.
- My son is off his crutches now but still walks with a cane for support and is always in pain by the end of the day.
- She poked along with her cane, scanning the grass for chipmunk holes.
- The court sentenced him to four strokes on his bare buttocks with a rattan cane.
- Similarly, canes or walking sticks are often coated with Teflon, so that they will not slip on hard, smooth surfaces.
- Tie short pieces of old bamboo canes together to make a nest for ladybirds and place them next to the plants that are regularly attacked by aphids, such as roses.
- Outside the ancient settlement, with its alleyways and arches reinforced with bamboo canes, is the early 13 th-century romanesque church of St Esteve.
- To protect shrubs, erect a windbreak by inserting stout canes round the plant and then fixing several layers of hessian or netting to them.
- Then they noticed his cane, a long white stick that he folded up as he sat down.
- I always use a few bamboo canes to mark the planting position so I don't damage the shallow - planted bulbs.
- Next an elderly woman supporting herself with a cane ventured over.
Synonyms
walking stick, stick, staff
stick, stake, rod, upright, pole, beanpole
stick, rod, birch
1. 2.1the cane A form of corporal punishment used in certain schools, involving beating with a cane.
  （某些学校的）棍棒体罚
  wrong answers were rewarded by the cane
  答错即受棍罚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Violating the hijab code was made punishable by 100 lashes of the cane and six months imprisonment.
  I'm very pleased to say I missed out on the days of school corporal punishment and thankfully was never exposed to the cane or other similar infamous tools of torture.
  Persistent offenders who were sent out of class three times did face a stiffer punishment: either the cane or else the shame of being slippered in front of the whole class.
  The ultimate sanction of the cane still existed but was rarely applied.
  In my day discipline was meted out with either the cane or a strap across the backside.
  Synonyms
  lash, scourge, thong, strap, belt

verbkeɪnkān

[with object]

Beat with a cane as a punishment.
用棍棒责打
Example sentencesExamples
- The child with the board at the end of the day was caned!
- Monday morning assemblies had the usual climax, after the hymns and the sports reports, the farewells and welcomes for staff: the list of victims who would be caned by the mortar-boarded and black-gowned Headmaster.
- I remember anticipating the possible punishment of being caned for writing about ‘an enemy’ - a Western Christian woman - and later being admonished by mum for provoking the authorities.
- Barbara has memories of mischievous boys flicking bits of ink-soaked blotting paper at each other and shoving books down their trousers when they were to be caned.
- But in a situation where you are raised up being told that whipping and caning people is acceptable, do you not wonder why he is violent?
- Another 11 people are due to be caned at a later date.
- Which would be a funny tag to give to the principal who caned me so many times, but then ‘political correctness’ wasn't a term then.
- I was beaten only three times - once for reading Biggles in first year Latin class, once for cheekiness, and once for pillow-fighting, and frankly, I would have been ashamed to have left school without having been caned.
- But my wails fell on deaf ears as she continued caning me.
- An angry deputy head said striking a prefect was a terrible thing and that if corporal punishment hadn't been banned, our victim would have been caned.
- Depending on the severity of these, some of the offenders would be caned.
- My mum would use to cane me in order to force me to take vegetables but no matter how hard I try, I'll always throw them up.
- Being pregnant, I couldn't be caned, lashed or put in the stocks.
- I remember being caned for talking after hours when the lights were out.
- Then I was caned one last time, whipped one last time, soaked one last time, and spiked one last time.
- He was as defiant as he was in school when he was caned because he had refused to salute visiting white military officers.
- Errant students were caned, that was part of school life and the parents did not object.
- I remember being caned on the hand for misbehaving occasionally and as students we addressed both the teachers and the Imam as ‘Uncle’.
- As someone who was caned at school for gross incompetence in woodwork, I could but stand in wonder at the two wood-carved ceilings on display, representing stylised interpretations of the sun.
Synonyms
beat, strike, hit, flog, thrash, lash, birch, whip, horsewhip, strap, leather, flagellate, scourge

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.

词汇	cane
释义	Definition of cane in English: cane noun keɪnkeɪn 1The hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan. （尤指竹子、甘蔗或藤条的）中空有节的茎 Example sentencesExamples Stam's choice would be this black bamboo whose arching canes can have the gleam of polished ebony. It involved cutting canes, watering, and pulling out weeds. In winter, the stems, or canes, turn from green to red, which helps protect them from ultraviolet rays and oxidation. A scattering of alliums, Purple Sensation, nicely set off the yellow of the bamboo canes and the palm flowers. Now Alex observed that the third leg was much skinnier than the other two, like a tree branch or a cane. An established plant can generate vegetation - canes, foliage, and flowers - weighing several hundred pounds. They brought the eggs back to Constantinople in hollow canes. 1.1 Any plant that produces canes. 长节茎植物 Example sentencesExamples The actual genetic relationships among the native canes and the extent to which they contributed to the commercial hybrid germplasm has been the subject of speculation over the years. Bamboos and other canes often have edible seeds. Plant and prune vines, fruit trees, bushes and canes. 1.2mass noun Stems of bamboo, rattan, or wicker used as a material for making furniture or baskets. 竹料；藤条；柳条（用于制作家具或篮子） as modifier a cane coffee table 藤条咖啡桌。 Example sentencesExamples And the plight of cane producers in the South is getting worse. These materials, as well as wicker and cane, have low moisture absorption capability. Mr Clarke said five cane suites were taken, two of which are dark brown, two honey-coloured and one pale. You can also do a lot with a group of small baskets, metal or cane, hanging from a sturdy hook in the ceiling. The artifacts made of wood, bamboo and cane are claimed to be peculiar to the North Eastern States. There were a few huge cane clocks and lamps too at the stall. The business originally sold pottery, cane furniture and giftware at premises further down the road and was opened as a joint venture between Mrs Noon and her late husband Ronald. Alternatively, construct the chair's carcass like this but weave the seat from strips of hessian or wicker-type cane. The same soothing mix of wood, cane, cotton, and thatch prevails in the resort's beachfront courtyard. These circular basket boats are like large, unsinkable, cane saucers covered in buffalo-hide or plastic. On my way back I stop at a village that has several shops with cane products. I know of only two vehicles that could be purchased ex works with a wicker or woven cane body. Every morning he heads out with a flute and two cane baskets flung across his shoulder on a bamboo pole. Many Joburgers will remember the site as The Cane Shop, where cane blinds, furniture and baskets were once made. On the ground floor of the venue, an eye-catching collection of cane furniture in a variety of shapes and styles, grabs the attention of visitors. Comfy upholstered seats with cane backs accompany round copper-topped tables. It is a hut supported by poles, with walls of palm fronds, cane, clay, or boards. The waste generated in the making of cane and bamboo products is used for production of handmade paper and decorative tiles for eco-friendly living. The surroundings are ‘homely’ with padded cane furniture, raffia placemats and red linen napkins. Jute bags look stylish enough, when used as carry bags fitted with bamboo or cane handles. 1.3 short for sugar cane Example sentencesExamples Included in yesterday's sugar package was a $50,000 re-establishment fee for cane harvesters. A football trophy was the only item that cane farmer Graham Jensen could salvage from the ashes of his home which was destroyed by fire on Friday night. Rum is made by fermenting either cane juice or molasses mixed with water, and then distilling the resulting low-alcohol wine. This season it had been unusually cold, but the cane crop was rich. NSW Sugar will pioneer harvesting techniques that collect the whole cane crop, then separate it at the mill. Resentment focused on the fact that many farmers had been driven to sell wheat early at a lower price to finance the planting and irrigation of their next cane crop. The minister gave the commitment that the Government will not reduce the price of cane and other support measures to farmers. But the funding announcements Mr Barton is expected to make during a visit to the region, do promise to sweeten the mood of cane farmers. The region has about 120 cane farmers, all of whom are contemplating their future without the Moreton Mill. The Bundaberg district's cane farmers are eagerly awaiting news of the sugar rescue package. The first occurred while cutting cane a couple of years ago, he said. Ahmed has recommended large-scale use of bio-ethanol produced as a by-product of sugar in cane mills. NSW cane farmers must think about diversifying to other crops. 1.4 A flexible woody stem of the raspberry plant or any of its relatives. （悬钩子等植物的）软木茎 raspberry canes Example sentencesExamples Burying the rose is best accomplished by first hand-stripping leaves, then bundling the major canes loosely together. After your roses become dormant in the fall, protect them from severe freezing weather by piling a mound of soil over the canes. When the canes reach the top of a stand-alone post, they will cascade and supply an umbrella of blooms. The berries are borne on year old canes, and on two and three year old spurs. Cane galls occur almost exclusively on fruiting canes and usually appear in late spring or early summer. It is seldom wise to leave more than six canes on any rose plant. This disease reduces raspberry yields by wilting, stunting, and eventually killing the fruiting cane or the entire plant. The farther the fruiting canes are from the main stem, the less likely they are to bear fruit. After the spring wave of bloom is finished, climbers may have older canes shortened or removed. The further back you cut hybrid teas, the stronger and thicker the new canes will be. Brambles send up so many new canes each year that they can become overcrowded, so you must also cut some of the new canes to the ground. They'll soon die anyway, and removing them admits more sunshine to the new canes growing from the base of the plant. Cut out all the old fruiting canes from raspberries, loganberries and blackberries and tie in the new shoots. As in red raspberries, surplus blackberry canes should be thinned out in the spring. The bud union is the ‘knob’ at the base of the cane from which all new canes grow. Prune the flowering side shoots to two to three buds above the structural canes during the dormant season. Also, when the old fruiting canes are removed after harvest, some of the weak suckers can be removed by hand. On established plants, prune dead, damaged, and overcrowded canes to the base. Anthracnose can cause symptoms on canes, leaves, fruit, and stems of berry clusters. Most of this class are large shrubs with rather lax canes that can be trained as pillar or climbing roses. Synonyms stem, shoot, trunk, stock, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed 2A length of cane or a slender stick, especially one used as a support for plants, a walking stick, or an instrument of punishment. （支撑植物用的）竹杖，藤条；拐杖；（惩罚用）棍棒 tie the shoot to a cane if vertical growth is required Example sentencesExamples Go for a hike in the Alps and you'll notice a curious thing: Euros love their walking canes. His brother has been sentenced to six years and four lashes with a rattan cane. In flower-beds, stake tall perennials such as delphiniums and hollyhocks by using canes for individual flower stems or by pushing twiggy prunings from shrubs and trees into or around the clump. Chillies need some support; a cane by their side will be plenty for most. My son is off his crutches now but still walks with a cane for support and is always in pain by the end of the day. Similarly, canes or walking sticks are often coated with Teflon, so that they will not slip on hard, smooth surfaces. Feed tomatoes regularly, pinching out any side shoots that form and tying the main stems to canes for support. Then they noticed his cane, a long white stick that he folded up as he sat down. The court sentenced him to four strokes on his bare buttocks with a rattan cane. A walking cane for the blind developed by Dean Waters and research associates uses sonar to detect obstacles. She poked along with her cane, scanning the grass for chipmunk holes. To protect shrubs, erect a windbreak by inserting stout canes round the plant and then fixing several layers of hessian or netting to them. Next an elderly woman supporting herself with a cane ventured over. A cane that's too tall will make you work harder to pick it up and move it. Thieves are also using bamboo canes with magnets on the end to fish keys through letter boxes. Hoops and canes had proved ineffective and a strong but natural support was urgently required to keep the new growth of this plant upright. Outside the ancient settlement, with its alleyways and arches reinforced with bamboo canes, is the early 13 th-century romanesque church of St Esteve. Tie all the main shoots firmly to supporting wires or canes. Tie short pieces of old bamboo canes together to make a nest for ladybirds and place them next to the plants that are regularly attacked by aphids, such as roses. I always use a few bamboo canes to mark the planting position so I don't damage the shallow - planted bulbs. Synonyms walking stick, stick, staff alpenstock, malacca, blackthorn, ashplant, rattan crook Australian/New Zealand waddy historical ferule stick, stake, rod, upright, pole, beanpole stick, rod, birch North American informal paddle historical ferule 2.1 A form of corporal punishment used in certain schools, involving beating with a cane. （某些学校的）棍棒体罚 wrong answers were rewarded by the cane 答错即受棍罚。 Example sentencesExamples I'm very pleased to say I missed out on the days of school corporal punishment and thankfully was never exposed to the cane or other similar infamous tools of torture. The ultimate sanction of the cane still existed but was rarely applied. Violating the hijab code was made punishable by 100 lashes of the cane and six months imprisonment. In my day discipline was meted out with either the cane or a strap across the backside. Persistent offenders who were sent out of class three times did face a stiffer punishment: either the cane or else the shame of being slippered in front of the whole class. Synonyms lash, scourge, thong, strap, belt verb keɪnkeɪn [with object] 1Beat with a cane as a punishment. 用棍棒责打 Matthew was caned for bullying by the headmaster Example sentencesExamples Which would be a funny tag to give to the principal who caned me so many times, but then ‘political correctness’ wasn't a term then. Barbara has memories of mischievous boys flicking bits of ink-soaked blotting paper at each other and shoving books down their trousers when they were to be caned. But my wails fell on deaf ears as she continued caning me. Errant students were caned, that was part of school life and the parents did not object. An angry deputy head said striking a prefect was a terrible thing and that if corporal punishment hadn't been banned, our victim would have been caned. I remember anticipating the possible punishment of being caned for writing about ‘an enemy’ - a Western Christian woman - and later being admonished by mum for provoking the authorities. Depending on the severity of these, some of the offenders would be caned. Then I was caned one last time, whipped one last time, soaked one last time, and spiked one last time. I remember being caned for talking after hours when the lights were out. He was as defiant as he was in school when he was caned because he had refused to salute visiting white military officers. I was beaten only three times - once for reading Biggles in first year Latin class, once for cheekiness, and once for pillow-fighting, and frankly, I would have been ashamed to have left school without having been caned. Another 11 people are due to be caned at a later date. As someone who was caned at school for gross incompetence in woodwork, I could but stand in wonder at the two wood-carved ceilings on display, representing stylised interpretations of the sun. I remember being caned on the hand for misbehaving occasionally and as students we addressed both the teachers and the Imam as ‘Uncle’. My mum would use to cane me in order to force me to take vegetables but no matter how hard I try, I'll always throw them up. Being pregnant, I couldn't be caned, lashed or put in the stocks. Monday morning assemblies had the usual climax, after the hymns and the sports reports, the farewells and welcomes for staff: the list of victims who would be caned by the mortar-boarded and black-gowned Headmaster. But in a situation where you are raised up being told that whipping and caning people is acceptable, do you not wonder why he is violent? The child with the board at the end of the day was caned! Synonyms beat, strike, hit, flog, thrash, lash, birch, whip, horsewhip, strap, leather, flagellate, scourge North American bullwhip informal tan someone's hide, give someone a hiding, take a strap to, larrup North American informal whale rare yerk, quirt 1.1British informal Defeat heavily or punish severely. 〈英，非正式〉大败，重创 they have caned Essex and Durham in the Championship 他们在锦标赛中让埃塞克斯和达勒姆输得很惨。 Example sentencesExamples He's done every show of note, and still he caned it at the party last night. It wasn't as if they were caning the media for their reporting skills every time, but they did do it sometimes. The website is caning it at the moment and we have all you beautiful people to thank. In the same ruling, it got caned with a $7.12 million fine. Suffice to say that Andy's productivity and quality rate has never been higher and is basically caning mine. Dave Cockerill and Paul Lees caned the Thorpe attack with 131 coming in the first 20 overs. They were caned 60 to 7 by the slick 2002 Auckland side. It was a moment in time when the press was caning all the chefs. Private Doctors are far more regulated as they are more likely to be caned by the lawyers for any malpractice. The 'Canes caned the Crusaders 37-20 in a superb victory. Daniel Craig was caned in the press before this movie came out. The kind of youngsters who would go for it will get caned on insurance. And on television bulletins, viewers were first treated to how England rugby union had caned Canada which was about as exciting a tussle as Chelsea taking on Chertsey in football. Curiously, I had a dream last night that Latham absolutely caned Howard. 2British informal Take (drink or drugs) in large quantities. 〈英，非正式〉大量饮酒；大量吸毒 the others were probably out caning it in some bar 其他人可能正在外面某个酒吧里痛饮。 Example sentencesExamples That would be only when you're either very caned or very dreamy, I'd imagine. I like to cane it for a minimum of two nights, more often three. During some of the more mellow bits (i.e. before we really started caning it) the bloke at the front drifted back and had a chat. I'm not so bad now but, back then, I was caning it big time. What happens though, when failure to succeed, social stresses or the general burden of life here, cause you to drink before breakfast, get caned, or miss breakfast altogether and go to the bookies instead? We literally caned a bottle of wine and jammed this blues song. But I look at someone like Carl Cox, who's almost 40 and still caning it and I wonder how much longer he'll be able to keep it up. It was really slow (on my machine, anyway) but I found this could be sidestepped by being really, really caned when I played it. I know, I know… But seriously: get very caned, watch it, and bear in mind that it's not a film about gay glam rockers that uses faerie imagery, it's a film about faeries that uses gay glam rock imagery. Derivatives caner noun How am I going meet a responsible, nurturing woman, who isn't a caner? Example sentencesExamples Only problem is that I just had a spliff with my raging caner of a housemate, & it's killer stuff. This work was almost certainly subcontracted and the stamp was the caner's method of recording output. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin. cannon from Late Middle English: This large heavy piece of artillery derives its name from French canon, from Italian cannone ‘large tube’, from canna ‘cane, reed, tube’. Soldiers have been called cannon fodder, no more than material to be used up in war, since the late 19th century—the expression is a translation of German Kanonenfutter. Shakespeare did encapsulate a similar idea much earlier, with his phrase ‘food for powder’ in Henry IV Part 1. Canna or its Greek equivalent kanna is the base of a number of other words in English, as well as giving us the name of the canna lily (mid 17th century), which gets its name from the shape of its leaves. Some reflect the use of the plants for making things, some their hollow stems. Canes (Middle English) are basically the same plant. Canister (Late Middle English) was originally a basket from Latin canistrum ‘basket for bread, fruit, or flowers’, from Greek kanastron ‘wicker basket’, from kanna. Canal (Late Middle English) and channel (Middle English) both come via French from Latin canalis ‘pipe, groove, channel’ from canna, and share a source with the Italian pasta cannelloni (mid 19th century). The medical cannula (late 17th century) was originally a ‘small reed’; a canyon (mid 19th century) is from Spanish cañón ‘tube’ from canna. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of cane in US English: cane nounkeɪnkān 1The hollow jointed stem of a tall grass, especially bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem of a slender palm such as rattan. （尤指竹子、甘蔗或藤条的）中空有节的茎 Example sentencesExamples A scattering of alliums, Purple Sensation, nicely set off the yellow of the bamboo canes and the palm flowers. Stam's choice would be this black bamboo whose arching canes can have the gleam of polished ebony. They brought the eggs back to Constantinople in hollow canes. It involved cutting canes, watering, and pulling out weeds. Now Alex observed that the third leg was much skinnier than the other two, like a tree branch or a cane. In winter, the stems, or canes, turn from green to red, which helps protect them from ultraviolet rays and oxidation. An established plant can generate vegetation - canes, foliage, and flowers - weighing several hundred pounds. 1.1 Any plant that produces canes. 长节茎植物 Example sentencesExamples Bamboos and other canes often have edible seeds. Plant and prune vines, fruit trees, bushes and canes. The actual genetic relationships among the native canes and the extent to which they contributed to the commercial hybrid germplasm has been the subject of speculation over the years. 1.2 Stems of bamboo, rattan, or wicker used as a material for making furniture or baskets. 竹料；藤条；柳条（用于制作家具或篮子） as modifier a cane coffee table 藤条咖啡桌。 Example sentencesExamples These circular basket boats are like large, unsinkable, cane saucers covered in buffalo-hide or plastic. I know of only two vehicles that could be purchased ex works with a wicker or woven cane body. Comfy upholstered seats with cane backs accompany round copper-topped tables. The waste generated in the making of cane and bamboo products is used for production of handmade paper and decorative tiles for eco-friendly living. On my way back I stop at a village that has several shops with cane products. You can also do a lot with a group of small baskets, metal or cane, hanging from a sturdy hook in the ceiling. The surroundings are ‘homely’ with padded cane furniture, raffia placemats and red linen napkins. There were a few huge cane clocks and lamps too at the stall. The artifacts made of wood, bamboo and cane are claimed to be peculiar to the North Eastern States. And the plight of cane producers in the South is getting worse. On the ground floor of the venue, an eye-catching collection of cane furniture in a variety of shapes and styles, grabs the attention of visitors. These materials, as well as wicker and cane, have low moisture absorption capability. Every morning he heads out with a flute and two cane baskets flung across his shoulder on a bamboo pole. It is a hut supported by poles, with walls of palm fronds, cane, clay, or boards. The same soothing mix of wood, cane, cotton, and thatch prevails in the resort's beachfront courtyard. The business originally sold pottery, cane furniture and giftware at premises further down the road and was opened as a joint venture between Mrs Noon and her late husband Ronald. Many Joburgers will remember the site as The Cane Shop, where cane blinds, furniture and baskets were once made. Jute bags look stylish enough, when used as carry bags fitted with bamboo or cane handles. Mr Clarke said five cane suites were taken, two of which are dark brown, two honey-coloured and one pale. Alternatively, construct the chair's carcass like this but weave the seat from strips of hessian or wicker-type cane. 1.3 short for sugar cane Example sentencesExamples The minister gave the commitment that the Government will not reduce the price of cane and other support measures to farmers. A football trophy was the only item that cane farmer Graham Jensen could salvage from the ashes of his home which was destroyed by fire on Friday night. The Bundaberg district's cane farmers are eagerly awaiting news of the sugar rescue package. NSW Sugar will pioneer harvesting techniques that collect the whole cane crop, then separate it at the mill. This season it had been unusually cold, but the cane crop was rich. Included in yesterday's sugar package was a $50,000 re-establishment fee for cane harvesters. But the funding announcements Mr Barton is expected to make during a visit to the region, do promise to sweeten the mood of cane farmers. Resentment focused on the fact that many farmers had been driven to sell wheat early at a lower price to finance the planting and irrigation of their next cane crop. The region has about 120 cane farmers, all of whom are contemplating their future without the Moreton Mill. Rum is made by fermenting either cane juice or molasses mixed with water, and then distilling the resulting low-alcohol wine. NSW cane farmers must think about diversifying to other crops. Ahmed has recommended large-scale use of bio-ethanol produced as a by-product of sugar in cane mills. The first occurred while cutting cane a couple of years ago, he said. 1.4 A flexible woody stem of the raspberry plant or any of its relatives. （悬钩子等植物的）软木茎 Example sentencesExamples When the canes reach the top of a stand-alone post, they will cascade and supply an umbrella of blooms. Anthracnose can cause symptoms on canes, leaves, fruit, and stems of berry clusters. Cane galls occur almost exclusively on fruiting canes and usually appear in late spring or early summer. Cut out all the old fruiting canes from raspberries, loganberries and blackberries and tie in the new shoots. Brambles send up so many new canes each year that they can become overcrowded, so you must also cut some of the new canes to the ground. They'll soon die anyway, and removing them admits more sunshine to the new canes growing from the base of the plant. The berries are borne on year old canes, and on two and three year old spurs. Burying the rose is best accomplished by first hand-stripping leaves, then bundling the major canes loosely together. The further back you cut hybrid teas, the stronger and thicker the new canes will be. The bud union is the ‘knob’ at the base of the cane from which all new canes grow. After the spring wave of bloom is finished, climbers may have older canes shortened or removed. As in red raspberries, surplus blackberry canes should be thinned out in the spring. This disease reduces raspberry yields by wilting, stunting, and eventually killing the fruiting cane or the entire plant. It is seldom wise to leave more than six canes on any rose plant. Also, when the old fruiting canes are removed after harvest, some of the weak suckers can be removed by hand. Most of this class are large shrubs with rather lax canes that can be trained as pillar or climbing roses. After your roses become dormant in the fall, protect them from severe freezing weather by piling a mound of soil over the canes. The farther the fruiting canes are from the main stem, the less likely they are to bear fruit. On established plants, prune dead, damaged, and overcrowded canes to the base. Prune the flowering side shoots to two to three buds above the structural canes during the dormant season. Synonyms stem, shoot, trunk, stock, bine, bent, haulm, straw, reed 2A length of cane or a slender stick, especially one used as a support for plants, as a walking stick, or as an instrument of punishment. （支撑植物用的）竹杖，藤条；拐杖；（惩罚用）棍棒 Example sentencesExamples His brother has been sentenced to six years and four lashes with a rattan cane. Tie all the main shoots firmly to supporting wires or canes. Chillies need some support; a cane by their side will be plenty for most. Go for a hike in the Alps and you'll notice a curious thing: Euros love their walking canes. Thieves are also using bamboo canes with magnets on the end to fish keys through letter boxes. Feed tomatoes regularly, pinching out any side shoots that form and tying the main stems to canes for support. A walking cane for the blind developed by Dean Waters and research associates uses sonar to detect obstacles. A cane that's too tall will make you work harder to pick it up and move it. Hoops and canes had proved ineffective and a strong but natural support was urgently required to keep the new growth of this plant upright. In flower-beds, stake tall perennials such as delphiniums and hollyhocks by using canes for individual flower stems or by pushing twiggy prunings from shrubs and trees into or around the clump. My son is off his crutches now but still walks with a cane for support and is always in pain by the end of the day. She poked along with her cane, scanning the grass for chipmunk holes. The court sentenced him to four strokes on his bare buttocks with a rattan cane. Similarly, canes or walking sticks are often coated with Teflon, so that they will not slip on hard, smooth surfaces. Tie short pieces of old bamboo canes together to make a nest for ladybirds and place them next to the plants that are regularly attacked by aphids, such as roses. Outside the ancient settlement, with its alleyways and arches reinforced with bamboo canes, is the early 13 th-century romanesque church of St Esteve. To protect shrubs, erect a windbreak by inserting stout canes round the plant and then fixing several layers of hessian or netting to them. Then they noticed his cane, a long white stick that he folded up as he sat down. I always use a few bamboo canes to mark the planting position so I don't damage the shallow - planted bulbs. Next an elderly woman supporting herself with a cane ventured over. Synonyms walking stick, stick, staff stick, stake, rod, upright, pole, beanpole stick, rod, birch 2.1the cane A form of corporal punishment used in certain schools, involving beating with a cane. （某些学校的）棍棒体罚 wrong answers were rewarded by the cane 答错即受棍罚。 Example sentencesExamples Violating the hijab code was made punishable by 100 lashes of the cane and six months imprisonment. I'm very pleased to say I missed out on the days of school corporal punishment and thankfully was never exposed to the cane or other similar infamous tools of torture. Persistent offenders who were sent out of class three times did face a stiffer punishment: either the cane or else the shame of being slippered in front of the whole class. The ultimate sanction of the cane still existed but was rarely applied. In my day discipline was meted out with either the cane or a strap across the backside. Synonyms lash, scourge, thong, strap, belt verbkeɪnkān [with object] Beat with a cane as a punishment. 用棍棒责打 Example sentencesExamples The child with the board at the end of the day was caned! Monday morning assemblies had the usual climax, after the hymns and the sports reports, the farewells and welcomes for staff: the list of victims who would be caned by the mortar-boarded and black-gowned Headmaster. I remember anticipating the possible punishment of being caned for writing about ‘an enemy’ - a Western Christian woman - and later being admonished by mum for provoking the authorities. Barbara has memories of mischievous boys flicking bits of ink-soaked blotting paper at each other and shoving books down their trousers when they were to be caned. But in a situation where you are raised up being told that whipping and caning people is acceptable, do you not wonder why he is violent? Another 11 people are due to be caned at a later date. Which would be a funny tag to give to the principal who caned me so many times, but then ‘political correctness’ wasn't a term then. I was beaten only three times - once for reading Biggles in first year Latin class, once for cheekiness, and once for pillow-fighting, and frankly, I would have been ashamed to have left school without having been caned. But my wails fell on deaf ears as she continued caning me. An angry deputy head said striking a prefect was a terrible thing and that if corporal punishment hadn't been banned, our victim would have been caned. Depending on the severity of these, some of the offenders would be caned. My mum would use to cane me in order to force me to take vegetables but no matter how hard I try, I'll always throw them up. Being pregnant, I couldn't be caned, lashed or put in the stocks. I remember being caned for talking after hours when the lights were out. Then I was caned one last time, whipped one last time, soaked one last time, and spiked one last time. He was as defiant as he was in school when he was caned because he had refused to salute visiting white military officers. Errant students were caned, that was part of school life and the parents did not object. I remember being caned on the hand for misbehaving occasionally and as students we addressed both the teachers and the Imam as ‘Uncle’. As someone who was caned at school for gross incompetence in woodwork, I could but stand in wonder at the two wood-carved ceilings on display, representing stylised interpretations of the sun. Synonyms beat, strike, hit, flog, thrash, lash, birch, whip, horsewhip, strap, leather, flagellate, scourge Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.
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