cage

noun

1. 笼子
   a structure made of metal bars or wire in which animals or birds are kept
   1. a birdcage
      鸟笼

verb

1. 把（动物）关在笼中
   to put or keep an animal in a cage
   1. The dogs are caged (up) at night.
      晚上狗被关进笼里。

1. See also: I hate to see birds in cages. rib cage
2. PHRASE 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.
   1. 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。

1. I hate to see birds in cages.
   我不愿意看到鸟被关在笼子里。
2. 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。
3. Don't you think it's cruel to cage a creature up?
   你不认为把动物关进笼里太残忍了吗？
4. Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism
   凯奇改了名字以避免别人指责他搞裙带关系。
5. The cage smelled of excrement.
   笼子里粪臭熏人。
6. During these periods the birds will lie on the cage floor as if trying to lay or hatch eggs.
   这些时期，鸟儿会趴在笼底，好像在下蛋或孵蛋。
7. Cage was an iconoclast. He refused to be bound by western musical traditions of harmony and structure.
   凯奇是个反传统的人。他拒绝接受西方有关和声和结构的音乐传统的束缚。
8. Our budgie got out of its cage while our cat was in the room. Needless to say, the cat moved quicker than me and caught it.
   我们的虎皮鹦鹉飞出鸟笼的时候，猫正好在室内。不用说，猫比我快，抓住了它。
9. I should like to add a postscript to your obituary for John Cage.
   我想在你为约翰·凯奇写的讣告后补充一点内容。
10. He gently rattled the cage and whispered to the canary
    他轻轻晃动着鸟笼，和金丝雀轻声低语着。
11. a veterinary surgeon who specialises in the treatment of cage birds.
    专门诊治笼养鸟类的兽医
12. Nightingales will not sing in a cage.
    关在笼里的夜莺唱不出歌来。
13. The bird fluttered its wings in the cage.
    那只鸟在笼子里扇翅膀。
14. Cage helped me in my hour of need.
    凯奇在我需要的时候帮助了我。
15. My grandfather had a bird cage.
    我爷爷有一只鸟笼。
16. With her speed and agility, cage cut out all her competitors in the hurdle race.
    凯奇跨栏时速度快，动作敏捷，击败了其他所有选手。
17. Cage is big enough to go to school by herself.
    凯奇已经长大，可以自己去上学了。
18. The boss gave her the business when cage came late again.
    凯奇又迟到了，老板痛责了她一顿。
19. The saw had gone across gross's left rib cage through the underside of his liver.
    锯子锯进格罗斯的左胸腔，通过肝脏下方。
20. Cage was the only one girl awake at that time.
    凯奇是当时唯一醒着的孩子。
21. The tiger paced up and down in his cage.
    老虎在笼中走来走去。
22. His fingers formed a cage over his mouth.
    他用手指捂住了自己的嘴。
23. She has lost her weight and I can see her rib cage.
    她瘦了，我都能看见她的根根肋骨。
24. He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.
    他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。
25. Cage has been full of the joys of spring since she got her new job.
    自从找到那份新工作后，凯奇一直非常高兴。
26. The hamster had got through the wire at the front of its cage.
    仓鼠从其笼子前部的栅栏处钻出去了。
27. These poor animals have nothing to do all day but running around their cage!
    那些可怜的动物整天只能在笼子里来回跑！
28. The girl asked her father to free the bird from the cage.
    那女孩请求她父亲把鸟从笼子里放出去。
29. As soon as I went in, cage cried out with pleasure.
    我一进屋，凯奇就高兴得叫了起来。
30. Cage is always moaning about not being treated equally.
    凯奇总是抱怨别人对她不公。

  cage aviary coop pen pound【导航词义：笼子】

  cage n. 笼子

〔辨析〕普通用词，指圈养鸟兽的器物，通常用铁丝或铁条制成。

  aviary n. 大鸟笼

〔辨析〕尤指动物园的大型鸟舍或鸟类饲养场。

  coop n. 笼子，栏舍

〔辨析〕指关养家禽、兔子等小型动物的笼子或栏舍，尤指鸡笼。

  pen n. 畜栏，围栏

〔辨析〕指牛、马、羊、猪等家畜的圈，通常用围栏围着。

  pound n. 待领所

〔辨析〕指收留走失的狗或猫的地方，在此处这些动物由专人看管，直到其主人前来认领为止。

n.

rattle sb's cage

• 骚扰；使恼怒
  to annoy sb
  1. Who's rattled his cage?
     谁惹他生气了？

noun

1. a movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice

   Synonym:    batting cage

2. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept

   Synonym:    coop

3. the net that is the goal in ice hockey

4. something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement

verb

1. confine in a cage
   1. The animal was caged

   Synonym:    cage in