cage
英 [keɪdʒ]
美 [keɪdʒ]
n. 笼子
v. 把(动物)关在笼中
复数：cages 过去分词：caged 过去式：caged 现在分词：caging 第三人称单数：cages
Collins.2 / BNC.4775 / COCA.4143
同义词辨析
cageaviarycooppenpound【导航词义：笼子】
cagen. 笼子
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指圈养鸟兽的器物，通常用铁丝或铁条制成。
〔例证〕
a bird/squirrel cage
鸟笼/松鼠笼
The tiger paced the floor of his cage restlessly.
老虎烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
鸟笼/松鼠笼
The tiger paced the floor of his cage restlessly.
老虎烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
aviaryn. 大鸟笼
〔辨析〕
尤指动物园的大型鸟舍或鸟类饲养场。
〔例证〕
There we saw many different kinds of birds in the aviary.
在那里，我们看到大鸟笼里有很多不同种类的鸟。
在那里，我们看到大鸟笼里有很多不同种类的鸟。
coopn. 笼子，栏舍
〔辨析〕
指关养家禽、兔子等小型动物的笼子或栏舍，尤指鸡笼。
〔例证〕
a coop for keeping poultry
饲养家禽的笼子
Who is the man standing near the chicken coop?
站在鸡笼边上的那个人是谁？
饲养家禽的笼子
Who is the man standing near the chicken coop?
站在鸡笼边上的那个人是谁？
penn. 畜栏，围栏
〔辨析〕
指牛、马、羊、猪等家畜的圈，通常用围栏围着。
〔例证〕
a cattle/sheep pen
牛栏/羊圈
牛栏/羊圈
poundn. 待领所
〔辨析〕
指收留走失的狗或猫的地方，在此处这些动物由专人看管，直到其主人前来认领为止。
〔例证〕
There's a dog pound on the corner.
拐角处有个走失宠物狗待领所。
拐角处有个走失宠物狗待领所。
习惯用语
n.
- rattle sb's cage
- 骚扰；使恼怒
to annoy sb - Who's rattled his cage?
谁惹他生气了？
牛津词典
noun
- 笼子
a structure made of metal bars or wire in which animals or birds are kept- a birdcage
鸟笼
- a birdcage
verb
- 把（动物）关在笼中
to put or keep an animal in a cage- The dogs are caged (up) at night.
晚上狗被关进笼里。
- The dogs are caged (up) at night.
柯林斯词典
- See also:I hate to see birds in cages.rib cage
- PHRASE 使焦躁不安;令心神不宁
If someonerattlesyourcage, they do something which is intended to make you feel nervous.- If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working.
如果他存心要让你不得安宁的话，那他是得逞了。
- If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working.
英英释义
noun
- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
verb
- confine in a cage
- The animal was caged
双语例句
- He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.
他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。 - Cage is big enough to go to school by herself.
凯奇已经长大，可以自己去上学了。 - The hamster had got through the wire at the front of its cage.
仓鼠从其笼子前部的栅栏处钻出去了。 - Nightingales will not sing in a cage.
关在笼里的夜莺唱不出歌来。 - The tiger paced up and down in his cage.
老虎在笼中走来走去。 - Cage has been full of the joys of spring since she got her new job.
自从找到那份新工作后，凯奇一直非常高兴。 - Cage helped me in my hour of need.
凯奇在我需要的时候帮助了我。 - Cage was the only one girl awake at that time.
凯奇是当时唯一醒着的孩子。 - Cage was an iconoclast. He refused to be bound by western musical traditions of harmony and structure.
凯奇是个反传统的人。他拒绝接受西方有关和声和结构的音乐传统的束缚。 - Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?
你不认为把动物关进笼里太残忍了吗？