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- the 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。
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- any plant that produces such stems长节茎植物。
1.2
- mass 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。
1.3
- short for SUGAR CANE.SUGAR CANE的简称。
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。
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- a 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。
2.1
the 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。
with obj.
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- （常作be caned）beat with a cane as a punishment用棍棒责打。
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- Brit. 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。
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- usu. as adj. caned make or repair (furniture) with cane用藤条编制（或修补）（家具）：
armchairs with caned seats.
有藤座的扶手椅。
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- Brit. 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。
派生词
caner
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French， via Latin from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.