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Cage Bird Wire Make Structure Great 英 Keɪdʒ] 美

英语单词 cage
英美音标 英 [keɪdʒ] 美 [keɪdʒ]
中文释义 n.笼子;监狱;笼状结构
vt.关入笼中
英语例句 (1) The old man wants to buy a cage for birds.
(2) Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage?
(3) The hamster had got through the wire at the front of its cage.
(4) The canary was trilling away in its cage.
(5) The lion paced the floor of his cage restlessly.
(6) Criminals are kept in the cages on this island.
(7) They placed a protective cage over the sapling.
(8) You can cage a bird, but you cannot make him sing.
中文例句 (1) 老人想买一个鸟笼。
(2) 把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?
(3) 仓鼠从其笼子前部的栅栏处钻出去了。
(4) 那只金丝雀在笼中鸣啾。
(5) 狮子烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
(6) 刑事犯被关在岛上的牢房里。
(7) 他们在树苗上罩上一个保护栏。
(8) 你可以关住一只鸟,但你不能使它唱歌。
vocabulary简明 A cage is a structure that keeps an animal captive. If you decide to raise a tiger in your bedroom, it's best to have a sturdy cage.
vocabulary扩展 Cage is equally at home as a noun or verb. For instance, a batting cage is fun, but a free bird does not desire you to cage it. A cage of an elevator is great to ride to the 30th floor, but not so great if you’re riding it down into the mines and it breaks 40 feet below the earth.
柯林斯解释
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
rib cage
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 短语]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.
  [V and N inflect]
  • 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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