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cage

美 [keɪdʒ]英 [keɪdʒ]
  • n.笼子
  • vt.把(动物)关在笼中

复数: cages 派生词: caged adj. 过去式: caged 现在分词: caging 过去分词: caged 第三人称单数: cages

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noun

笼子
a structure made of metal bars or wire in which animals or birds are kept

a birdcage

鸟笼

see also ribcage
习语

verb

VN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。

cage

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 笼子;鸟笼;兽笼
    A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.

    I hate to see birds in cages.

    我不愿意看到鸟被关在笼子里。

  • 2
    PHRASE 使焦躁不安;令心神不宁
    If someone rattles your cage, 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。

noun

1
a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
Synonym: batting cage
2
an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
Synonym: coop
3
the net that is the goal in ice hockey
4
something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement

verb

1
confine in a cage
The animal was caged
Synonym: cage in

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  1. Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage .

    把狗关进适于旅行的笼子里。

  2. Don 't stick your fingers through the bars of the cage .

    不要把指头伸进笼子里。

  3. Many caged birds live longer than their fellows in the wild .

    许多笼中鸟比野外同类鸟的寿命长。

  4. He paced the room like a caged animal .

    他像笼中的动物一样在房间里踱来踱去。

  5. The dogs are caged at night .

    晚上狗被关进笼里。

  6. In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs .

    呼吸时胸部肌肉使胸廓扩大让空气吸入肺部。

  7. Who 's rattled his cage ?

    谁惹他生气了?

  8. Mark was still pacing like a caged animal .

    马克还在如笼中困兽般踱来踱去。

  9. 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。

  10. 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?

  11. I hate to see birds in cages .

    我不愿意看到鸟被关在笼子里。

  12. a veterinary surgeon who specialises in the treatment of cage birds .

    专门诊治笼养鸟类的兽医

  13. The birds smashed into the top of their cages in fright

    鸟儿惊恐地冲过去,撞到了笼子顶上。

  14. I should like to add a postscript to your obituary for John Cage .

    我想在你为约翰·凯奇写的讣告后补充一点内容。

  15. 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。

  16. 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。

  17. During these periods the birds will lie on the cage floor as if trying to lay or hatch eggs .

    这些时期,鸟儿会趴在笼底,好像在下蛋或孵蛋。

  18. He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary

    他轻轻晃动着鸟笼,和金丝雀轻声低语着。

  19. The cage smelled of excrement .

    笼子里粪臭熏人。

  20. Our budgie got out of its cage while our cat was in the room . Needless to say , the cat moved quicker than me and caught it .

    我们的虎皮鹦鹉飞出鸟笼的时候,猫正好在室内。不用说,猫比我快,抓住了它。

  21. I felt terribly caged in the small office .

    呆在这个小办公室里,我感觉就像在笼子里一样。

  22. She trained her camera on the caged lion .

    她把相机对准笼子里的狮子。

  23. The tiger paced the floor of his cage restlessly .

    老虎烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。

  24. The tiger paced in its cage .

    老虎在笼子里走来走去。

  25. The bird fluttered its wings in the cage .

    那只鸟在笼子里扇翅膀。

  26. Nightingales will not sing in a cage .

    关在笼里的夜莺唱不出歌来。

  27. Cage is big enough to go to school by herself .

    凯奇已经长大,可以自己去上学了。

  28. Cage was the only one girl awake at that time .

    凯奇是当时唯一醒着的孩子。

  29. The boss gave her the business when cage came late again .

    凯奇又迟到了,老板痛责了她一顿。

  30. I think all caged birds should be set free .

    我认为所有关在笼里的鸟儿都应该放出去。

cage aviary coop pen pound 【导航词义:笼子】
cage v. 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。

aviary v. 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。

coop v. 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?

pen v. 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

pound v. 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。

  • 习语

n.

rattle sb's cage

骚扰;使恼怒
to annoy sb

Who's rattled his cage?

谁惹他生气了?