词汇精选：cane的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
竹杖，拐杖，拐棍；支架
例句：
He switched the boy with a cane.
他用手杖抽打那个小孩。
例句：
Grandpa usually takes a walk after dinner.
爷爷吃完饭后常常会出去散步。
中空的茎；藤条
例句：
The blows of the cane stung the boy's fingers.
藤条的鞭打使那男孩的手指感到刺痛。
例句：
He got started with a cane bag and a stone knife himself.
于是他背着藤条织成的袋子，拿着石刀，独自一人出发了。
v.
鞭打，抽打 [T]
例句：
We really caned them in the last match.
我们最后一场比赛可真把他们打得落花流水。
例句：
The headmaster caned the boys for disobedience.
校长用藤条责打不听话的男学生。
二、词义辨析：
cane,stick,staff
这些名词均有“手杖”之意。cane多指用藤或竹制成的细长的手杖。 stick普通用词，指木制的细长手杖。staff多指走路爬山时用作支持或防卫使用的长木棒。
三、相关短语：
cane sugar
n. 蔗糖
sugar cane
n.[植]甘蔗
noble cane
热带种
cane blight
茎疫病
sword cane
n. 内藏刀剑的木杖,剑杖
malacca cane
n.马六甲手杖,马六甲白藤(杆)
四、参考例句：
His cane answered for a baseball bat.
他的手杖可代用棒球棒。
Unless reagent grade sucrose is available use cane sugar.
如果没有试剂级的蔗糖，可以用甘蔗糖。
He walked along briskly, twirling his cane in the air.
他一边轻快地走着，一边用手杖在空中旋转。
The blows of the cane stung the boy's fingers.
藤条的鞭打使那男孩的手指感到刺痛。
He clutched the cane in his clammy hand.
他那湿冷的手紧抓住手杖。
He offered to strike the boy with his cane.
他威胁要用手杖打那个男孩。
Go buy some candy cane air fresheners tonight.
所以，今晚就去买点儿糖果味空气清新剂吧！
He was not able to walk without a cane and could only navigate steps backwards.
没有手杖他无法走路，只能小心翼翼地向后退。
He got started with a cane bag and a stone knife himself.
于是他背着藤条织成的袋子，拿着石刀，独自一人出发了。
Mom eventually used a cane, then a walker, and finally was confined to the house.
母亲后来还是用了拐杖，然后是助行架帮助她行走，最终只能在房间里活动。
