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This flashcard covers the three main meanings of the noun 'pen': an instrument for writing with ink, an enclosure for farm animals, and informally, a prison. It also includes the verb 'pen' meaning to write, and the phrase 'put pen to paper'.

这张词卡介绍了名词“pen”的三个主要含义:写字的钢笔,圈养牲畜的围栏或栏圈,以及俚语中的监狱。它还包括了动词“pen”的意思,表示写或书写,以及短语 "put pen to paper"(动笔)。

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/pe̱n/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
fountain pen
钢笔 A pen is a long thin object which you use to write in ink. ballpoint pen→see:
ballpoint
; felt-tip pen→see:
felt-tip
    2
    [VERB 动词]写;书写 If someone pens a letter, article, or book, they write it.
      [V n to n]
      [Also V n n]
      [FORMAL 正式]
    • I really intended to pen this letter to you early this morning...

      我真的打算今天一大早给你写这封信的。

    • She penned a short memo to his private secretary.

      她给他的私人秘书写了一份简短的备忘录。

    3
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
    playpen
    栏;圈;棚 A pen is also a small area with a fence round it in which farm animals are kept for a short time.
    • ...a holding pen for sheep...

      暂时搭建的羊圈

    • He wasn't sure exactly how a fox could have got into the sheep's pen.

      他不是十分确定狐狸是怎么进入羊圈的。

    4
    [VERB 动词]把…关起来;把…圈起来 If people or animals are penned somewhere or are penned up, they are forced to remain in a very small area.
      [be V-ed]
      [V-ed up]
      [usu passive]
    • ...to drive the cattle back to the house so they could be milked and penned for the night...

      将牛群赶回家,这样就能挤奶并将其关进牛棚过夜

    • The goats are penned in and fodder has to be cut and carried each day...

      山羊被关进圈里,每天都得铡草运料。

    • I don't have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner.

      我不必像个囚犯一样被关在房间里。

    5
    [N-COUNT 可数名词]监狱 People sometimes say the pen to refer to a prison.
      [usu sing]
      [AM 美]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
      6
      [PHRASE 短语]动笔;下笔 If you put pen to paper, you write something.
        [V inflects]
      • Whenever he put pen to paper he was at a loss for the right words to break the news.

        他每次一提笔就不知道如何措辞透露这个消息。


      Oxford pen / pen ; NAmE pen /
      noun
      ,
      verb
      pen pens penned penning
      noun 1 ( often in compounds 常构成复合词 ) an instrument made of plastic or metal used for writing with ink 笔;钢笔 pen and ink 钢笔和墨水 a new book from the pen of Martin Amis 马丁 · 埃米斯写的新书 see also
      ballpoint pen
      ,
      felt-tip pen
      ,
      fountain pen
      2 a small piece of land surrounded by a fence in which farm animals are kept 圈;围栏;畜栏 a sheep pen 羊圈 3 ( NAmE) ( slang) =
      penitentiary
      IDIOMS the ˌpen is ˌmightier than the ˈsword ( saying) people who write books, poems, etc. have a greater effect on history and human affairs than soldiers and wars 笔诛胜于剑伐 put pen to ˈpaper to write or start to write sth 写;动笔 more at
      slip
      n.
      verb ( -nn- ) 1 pensth ( formal) to write sth He penned a letter to the local paper. 他给当地报纸写了一封信。 2 pensb/sth (in/up) to shut an animal or a person in a small space (把…)关起来,圈起来 At clipping time sheep need to be penned. 在剪羊毛时,需要把羊圈起来。 The whole family were penned up in one room for a month. 全家人被关在一间屋子里达一个月之久。 pen / pen ; NAmE pen /
      LDC
      pen1 noun
      pen2 verb
      penpen1 /pen/ ●●● S2 noun
      Word Origin
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      word sets
      Collocations
      Phrases
      1[countable, uncountable] an instrument for writing or drawing with inkpencil, biro:  a ballpoint pen a felt-tip penin pen Please fill out the form in pen. a pen and ink drawing2[countable] a small piece of land enclosed by a fence to keep farm animals in:  a sheep pen
      playpen
      3put/set pen to paper to begin to write4[countable] American English informal a short form of penitentiary5[countable] British English informal a penalty, used especially when talking about football
      pen1 noun
      pen2 verb
      penpen2 verb (past tense and past participle penned, present participle penning) [transitive]
      Verb Table
      Examples
      Collocations
      Phrases
      literary to write something such as a letter, a book etc, especially using a pen:  a song penned by George Clintonpen somebody/something ↔ up/in phrasal verb1to shut an animal in a small enclosed area2be penned up/in to be restricted or forced to remain in a small place:  Norma felt restless and penned in.
      WDF

      pen

      [pen]penned, penning, pens

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      笔(62%),钢笔(26%),写(9%),写作(1%),围栏(1%),雌天鹅(1%)
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      n.(Pen)人名;(法)庞;(俄、塞、英、意)佩恩;(柬)宾

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