cane
US: /ˈkeɪn/
UK: /kˈeɪn/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cane /kein/- danh từ
- cây trúc, cây mía ((cũng) sugar cane); cây lau
- cây mây, sợi mây (để đan mặt ghế...)
- can, ba toong, gậy
- roi (để đánh)
- thỏi (sáp...)
- ngoại động từ
- đánh bằng roi, quất
- (thông tục) dùng đòn vọt để bắt (học)
- đan mây vào
- to cane the seat of a chair: đan mây mặt ghế
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [C] the hard hollow stem of some plants, for example BAMBOO or sugar: bean plants supported by bamboo canes
2 [U] these stems used as a material for making furniture, etc: a cane chair
3 [C] a piece of cane or a thin rod, used to help sb to walk: He clutched a top hat and a silver-topped cane.
See also -
4 [C] a piece of cane or a thin rod, used in the past in some schools for beating children as a punishment: to get the cane (= be punished with a cane)
+ verb [VN] to hit a child with a cane as a punishment
caning noun [U, C]: the abolition of caning in schools
Concise dictionary
canes|caned|caningkeɪnnoun
+a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
+a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
+a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
verb
+beat with a cane
