【cage】 - A-level备考词汇

cage

UK:  [keɪdʒ]

US:  [keɪdʒ]

复数：cages  过去分词：caged  现在分词：caging  

n.

1.笼子;牢笼,樊笼

2.〔天〕笼形天线;〔体〕棒球练球场;篮球球篮;冰球球门;〔机〕升降机箱;电梯车箱;壳体;机架;栅,网,格,升弹药机

3.〔矿〕罐笼

4.笼;槛;监牢;战俘营

5.笼蔽

6.〔机〕保持架

7.炮架,炮座

8.电梯厢;(矿井内的)升降车

9.外壳;(建筑物的)钢骨结构

10.【棒球】练球场;篮球的球篮;冰球的球门

v.

1.关进牢笼,陷入重围

2.把…关进笼内;把…关入槛中;把(冰球等)打入球门

3.投篮

4.争球

1 . The cat sat in front of the bird cage in an agony of frustration at being so near and yet so far.
猫无可奈何地坐在鸟笼前，眼看着鸟儿近在咫尺，可怎么也够不着。

2 . About a bird in a cage with a mirror, a simple twist on the handle at the side that makes it come and go at the magician's insistence.
关于一鸟在一个有镜子，就在一边处理，使得它来来去去，在魔术师的坚持简单扭曲笼。

3 . Harry stuffed his rucksack and broomstick down by his feet and rammed Hedwig's cage between his knees. It was extremely uncomfortable.
哈利把背包和扫帚塞在脚边，又把海德薇的笼子夹在膝间，真是太不舒服了。

4 . She opened the cage just a little as she was about to feed the dove.
她把笼子的门开了点点，大概可以容许她可以喂鸽子的大小。

5 . Neglect, dilapidation, storm and fire have gradually reduced it to a rusting hulk, like the rib-cage of a whale.
忽略掉它的破旧，还有暴风雨和大火慢慢地将它侵蚀成一座生锈的船一般，就像境遇的肋龙骨一样。