cage
- 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
cage
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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。
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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
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- a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice
- Synonym: batting cage
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- an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
- Synonym: coop
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- the net that is the goal in ice hockey
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- something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
verb
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- confine in a cage
- The animal was caged
- Synonym: cage in
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Keep the dog confined in a suitable travelling cage .
把狗关进适于旅行的笼子里。
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Don 't stick your fingers through the bars of the cage .
不要把指头伸进笼子里。
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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。
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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。
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The dogs are caged at night .
晚上狗被关进笼里。
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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。
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Who 's rattled his cage ?
谁惹他生气了?
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Mark was still pacing like a caged animal .
马克还在如笼中困兽般踱来踱去。
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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。
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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?
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I hate to see birds in cages .
我不愿意看到鸟被关在笼子里。
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a veterinary surgeon who specialises in the treatment of cage birds .
专门诊治笼养鸟类的兽医
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The cage smelled of excrement .
笼子里粪臭熏人。
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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。
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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。
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She trained her camera on the caged lion .
她把相机对准笼子里的狮子。
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The tiger paced the floor of his cage restlessly .
老虎烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
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The tiger paced in its cage .
老虎在笼子里走来走去。
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The bird fluttered its wings in the cage .
那只鸟在笼子里扇翅膀。
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Nightingales will not sing in a cage .
关在笼里的夜莺唱不出歌来。
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Cage is big enough to go to school by herself .
凯奇已经长大,可以自己去上学了。
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Cage was the only one girl awake at that time .
凯奇是当时唯一醒着的孩子。
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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。
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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。
普通用词,指圈养鸟兽的器物,通常用铁丝或铁条制成。
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。
尤指动物园的大型鸟舍或鸟类饲养场。
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。
指关养家禽、兔子等小型动物的笼子或栏舍,尤指鸡笼。
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?
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。
There's a dog pound on the corner.
拐角处有个走失宠物狗待领所。
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