cage

[keidʒ]

n.笼子, 监狱, 笼状结构
vt.关入笼中

例句与用法：

The lion paced the floor of his cage restlessly.

狮子烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。

The canary was trilling away in its cage.

那只金丝雀在笼中鸣啾。

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。

They prodded (at) the animal through the bars of its cage.

他们隔著笼子的栏杆用尖东西捅那动物。

Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage?

把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?

Criminals are kept in the cages on this island.

刑事犯被关在岛上的牢房里。

The old man wants to buy a cage for birds.

老人想买一个鸟笼。

词形变化：

动词过去式: caged | 动词过去分词: caged | 动词现在分词: caging | 动词第三人称单数: cages |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 鸟笼, 兽笼

The old man made a cage for birds.

老人做了一只鸟笼。

2. (矿坑中的)起降机; (电梯)座厢

3. (棒球)练习打击用的活动挡球网; (篮球)球篮; (曲棍球)球门

4. 战俘营; 监牢

vt.

把……关进笼子; 把……囚禁起来

After the leopard was caught, it was caged.

豹被捉住后关进了笼子。