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Pen Penned N Count Write Verb Short Small Animals

单词 pen
音标
英[pen] 美[pɛn]
解释
n.笔,笔尖;笔法,文笔;作家;围栏;vt.写;把…关入栏中;关押,囚禁;
例句

N-COUNT
钢笔
A pen is a long thin object which you use to write in ink.

VERB
写;书写
If someone pens a letter, article, or book, they write it.
例: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。
例: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。

N-COUNT
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.
例:...a holding pen for sheep...暂时搭建的羊圈
例: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。

VERB
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.
例:...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
例: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。

N-COUNT
监狱
People sometimes say the pen to refer to a prison.

PHRASE
动笔;下笔
If you put pen to paper, you write something.
例: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。
变形
third:pens~done:penned~pl:pens~ing:penning~past:penned~

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