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)。
;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
;
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[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。
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[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。
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[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。
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[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]
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[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; NAmEpen/
noun
,
verb
penpenspennedpenningnoun★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
2a 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
IDIOMSthe 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 ˈpaperto write or start to write sth 写;动笔☞more at
slip
n.verb(-nn-)1pensth ( formal) to write sth 写◆He penned a letter to the local paper.他给当地报纸写了一封信。2pensb/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; NAmEpen/
LDC
pen1 noun
pen2 verb
penpen1 /pen/ ●●●S2 noun
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1[countable, uncountable] an instrument for writing or drawing with ink → pencil, 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]
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literary to write something such as a letter, a book etc, especially using a pen: a song penned by George Clintonpen 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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penned[371] pens[2547]
笔(62%),钢笔(26%),写(9%),写作(1%),围栏(1%),雌天鹅(1%)
n.钢笔;作家;围栏
vt.写;关入栏中
n.(Pen)人名;(法)庞;(俄、塞、英、意)佩恩;(柬)宾
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