1. имя существительное 1) тростник; камыш Например: bamboo cane — бамбук rattan cane — ротанговая пальма sugar cane — сахарный тростник Синоним(ы): rush, reed 2) стебель тростника; лоза 3) трость Например: to carry a cane — нести трость to twirl a cane — теребить в руках трость Синоним(ы): walking stick 4) [историческое] а) палка (для телесного наказания, обычно в школах) Синоним(ы): stick б) (the cane) наказание палкой 2. глагол 1) бить палкой 2) [используется в разговорной речи] вбивать знания, вдалбливать урок Например: I had a little Greek caned into me. — В меня вбили некоторое представление о древнегреческом языке. 3) оплетать тростником; плести из тростника, камыша
стержень, стержневой элемент; штабик (стеклянный)
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Old Occitan cana, from Latin canna, from Greek kanna, of Semitic origin; akin to Akkadian qanū reed, Hebrew qāneh 1. a. (1) a hollow or pithy and usually slender and flexible jointed stem (as of a reed) (2) any of various slender woody stems; especially an elongated flowering or fruiting stem (as of a rose) usually arising directly from the ground b. any of various tall woody grasses or reeds: as (1) any of a genus (Arundinaria) of coarse grasses (2) sugarcane (3) sorghum 2. cane dressed for use: as a. a cane walking stick; broadly walking stick b. a cane or rod for flogging c. rattan; especially split rattan for wickerwork or basketwork 3. a tiny glass rod used in decorative glasswork (as in millefiori and paperweights) II. transitive verb (caned; caning) 1. to beat with a cane Example: he sat in a professor's chair and caned sophomores for blowing spitballs — H. L. Mencken 2. to weave or furnish with cane Example: cane the seat of a chair