cane, stick, staff

名詞 cane:

1. a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
2. a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
3. a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment

動詞 cane:

1. beat with a cane
   同義詞：flog, lambaste, lambast

1. He swished off the tops of the nettles with his cane.
   他用藤杖抽斷了蕁麻的頂部。
2. Cane is pliable when wet.
   藤條潮濕時易彎曲。
3. He walked along briskly, twirling his cane in the air.
   他一邊輕快地走著，一邊用手杖在空中旋轉(zhuǎn)。
4. The man was so weak that he had to walk with a cane.
   那人太虛弱了，不得不拄著拐杖走路。

cane

n.（名詞）

A slender, strong but often flexible stem, as of certain bamboos, reeds, or rattans.
細長有節(jié)的莖：細長而堅硬但通?？蓮澢那o干，如某些竹子、蘆葦或藤的
A plant having such a stem.
節(jié)莖植物
Such stems or strips of such stems used for wickerwork or baskets.
作籃子的藤、竹料：用作柳條制品或籃子的莖或其枝條
A bamboo(Arundinaria gigantea) native to the southeast United States, having long stiff stems and often forming canebrakes.
大子青籬竹：一種竹子（青籬竹 青籬竹屬） ，原產(chǎn)于美國東南部，莖干長而堅挺，常形成甘蔗叢
The stem of a raspberry, blackberry, certain roses, or similar plants.
某些植物的莖：懸鉤子、黑莓、某些玫瑰或類似植物的主莖
Sugar cane.
蔗糖
A stick used as an aid in walking or carried as an accessory.
拐杖：一根被用來幫助行走或當作一種飾物而攜帶的棍子
A rod used for flogging.
笞杖：用來鞭笞人的杖
v.tr.（及物動詞）
caned,can.ing,canes
To make, supply, or repair with flexible woody material.
用藤編制：用柔韌的木質(zhì)材料來制作、提供或修補
To hit or beat with a rod.
笞責：用笞杖來擊打或拷打

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin canna [small reed]
源自 拉丁語 canna [小蘆葦]
from Greek kanna
源自 希臘語 kanna
[of Semitic origin]
[源于閃族語的]

【引伸】
can.er
n.（名詞）