Cane

(noun.) a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment.

(noun.) a stick that people can lean on to help them walk.

(noun.) a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane.

(verb.) beat with a cane.

整理:泰丝

• The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Juries,' said Mr. Bumble, grasping his cane tightly, as was his wont when working into a passion: 'juries is ineddicated, vulgar, grovelling wretches. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• In all European colonies, the culture of the sugar-cane is carried on by negro slaves. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Some of the blows of my cane came home and roused its snakish temper, so that it flew upon the first person it saw. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• And extending his cane he pointed to the awful object, his hand shaking as he did so. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He put the round head of his cane in his mouth, like a stopper, when he sat down. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But of course the wooden seat is wrong--it destroys the perfect lightness and unity in tension the cane gave. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• These canes are terminated by tubes of pipe-clay, to prevent their being burnt, and other bamboo canes conduct the gas intended for lighting the streets, and into large apartments and kitchens. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• And when we came at last to the five thousand cheeses (canes he made it that day, I remember), my mother burst out crying. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• So there was splendour and wealth, but no great happiness perchance, behind the tall caned portals of Gaunt House with its smoky coronets and ciphers. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The dark mark of fate and doom was on the threshold--the tall old threshold surmounted by coronets and caned heraldry. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And do you remember when I got caned for crying about Mr. Mell? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• They appeared to think that we had arrived for the express purpose of seeing Jacob Postlethwaite caned. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• They want caning. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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