cage

英[keɪdʒ] 美[keɪdʒ]
  • n. 笼子；监狱；笼状结构
  • vt. 关入笼中
caged caged caging cages
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星级词汇:
  • cagey adj.谨慎的；机灵的；守口如瓶的=cagy.

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 战俘营
    2. 监牢
    3. 【篮球】球篮
    4. 【冰球、曲棍球】球门
    5. 起降机，升降机
    6. 座厢
    7. 练习打击用的活动挡球网
    8. 笼，鸟笼，兽笼
    9. 槛
    10. 外壳
    11. 钢骨结构
    12. 炮架，炮座
    13. 【棒】练球场
    v. (动词)
    1. 把…关进笼子，把...关入槛中
    2. 把…囚禁起来
    3. 把打入球门
    4. 陷入重围
    5. 争球
    6. 投篮
    7. 关进笼内
    n. (名词)
    1. [C]笼子 a place with bars round it where animals or birds are kept so that they cannot escape
    2. [C]框架 sth like cage; frame
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 把…关入笼中 put into a cage

英英释义

Noun:
  1. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

  2. something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement

  3. United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)

  4. the net that is the goal in ice hockey

  5. a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice

Verb:
  1. confine in a cage;

    "The animal was caged"

双语例句

1. He opened up a cage and lifted out a 6ft python.
他打开笼子，拎出一条6英尺长的蟒蛇。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism.
凯奇改了名字以避免别人指责他搞裙带关系。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. wire mesh over the door of the cage
罩在笼子门上的铁丝网

来自《权威词典》

5. The tiger in the cage gave a thrilling cry.
笼子里的老虎发出了令人毛骨悚然的吼声.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The old man wants to buy a cage for birds.
      老人想买一个鸟笼。
    2. Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage?
      把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?
    3. 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。
    4. The canary was trilling away in its cage.
      那只金丝雀在笼中鸣啾。
    5. The lion paced the floor of his cage restlessly.
      狮子烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
    6. Criminals are kept in the cages on this island.
      刑事犯被关在岛上的牢房里。
    7. They placed a protective cage over the sapling.
      他们在树苗上罩上一个保护栏。
    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. You can cage a bird, but you cannot make him sing.
      你可以关住一只鸟，但你不能使它唱歌。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. My grandfather had a bird cage.
      我爷爷有一只鸟笼。
    2. Vicious animals must be kept in cages.
      凶恶的动物必须关在笼子里。
    3. His fingers formed a cage over his mouth.
      他用手指捂住了自己的嘴。
    4. She has lost her weight and I can see her rib cage.
      她瘦了,我都能看见她的根根肋骨。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+～+ n./pron.
    1. Father caged his anger.
      父亲强压住怒火。
      2. 1
    2. After the tiger was caught, it was caged.
      老虎被捉住后关进了笼子。

用法讲解

n. (名词)
  1. cage用作名词时基本意思是“笼子”,多用于关鸟,也可用于关其他动物,是可数名词。引申可表示类似笼子的东西,即“框架”。
  2. cage在句中主要用作宾语,有时也可用作定语来修饰其他与笼子有关的名词。
v. (动词)
  1. cage用作动词的基本意思是“把…关入笼中”,指人时可表示“强压住怒火”。
  2. cage是及物动词,后接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
  3. cage与副词in连用,意思是“使(某人)觉得身困笼中”。
v. (动词)
cage, coop, enclose, envelop, fence, pen, wall
  • 这组词都可表示“包围”“装入”,其区别是：
  • fence主要指用栅栏拦开或围起来; cage指关在笼子里,有侮辱意味; coop指被关进笼子般的狭小地方,也指受到更加严格的限制; enclose指设置界限或屏障把某人或某物围在其中,也指把某物装进密封的容器; envelop强调把某物体完全包起来或整个封起来; pen指监禁在狭窄的地方或施加令人不快的限制; wall指筑墙围住或关入围有墙壁的地方。例如:
  • After the tiger was caught, it was caged.老虎被捉住后关进了笼子。
  • He was cooped up in a tiny room.他被关进小房间。
  • The little park was enclosed on all sides by tall apartment building.那个小公园的四周被高高的住宅楼围起来了。
  • Smoke from the burning room enveloped the whole building.着火了的那个房间冒出的烟遮蔽了整座大楼。
  • The shepherd has penned up the sheep in the two acre field.牧羊人把羊群围在那块两英亩的土地上。
  • We are going to wall the garden.我们要用围墙把花园围起来。
    • 下面两个短语的意思不同:
  • a cage bird 一只养在笼中的鸟
  • a caged bird 一只关在笼中的鸟

    • 词源解说

    • ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的cavea，意为围栏，围场，空处。
    用作动词 (v.)
    cage in (v.+adv.)
      使(某人)觉得身困笼中 make sb feel that he is in a cage
      cage sb ⇔ in

      This animal is dangerous and should be caged in.

      这头野兽凶得很,应该关到笼里去。

      I felt terribly caged in in that house.

      呆在那样的房子里,我感觉真像在笼子里一样。

    用作名词 (n.)
    名词+～ 介词+～ ～+介词
    用作动词 (v.)
    ～+名词

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