Question of the Day #1250

Over the course of his career, filmmaker Sean Baker has delivered intimate films of humanity and connection that take place in the nooks and crannies of society: the places that are often the most overlooked, economically, socially and cinematically.

From the 1st paragraph of this article at The Spokesman-Review.

  上記の文で、nooks and cranniesの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "nooks and crannies" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

隅々で

と言うことになりますが、単数のeach nook and crannyは、「ありとあらゆる場所、至る所」になっています。早い話、とちらも同じような意味です。
Nookの意味は「人目に付かない所、隠れ場所、避難所」と「〔部屋の〕片隅、引っ込んだ場所」でcrannyは「〔壁・岩などの〕割れ目」の意味になります。  

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Every possible place or part of something, down to the smallest ones.

 

Examples

1. You need to clean every nook and cranny of this room before your grandmother gets here—it has to be spotless for her!
2. In the weeks before Christmas, we would search all the nooks and crannies of the house, trying to find our presents./a>
3. This historic county town is packed with interesting nooks and crannies to explore.
4. He unapologetically farms wildlife in the nooks and crannies of unproductive land and adapts incumbent methods. The Guardian (2021)
5. A soft brush is better than a hard one since it'll get into all the nooks and crannies. The Guardian (2015)

   

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