1 N-COUNT 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 钢笔
3 VERB 写；书写 If someone pens a letter, article, or book, they write it. 写；书写 [formal] [Also VERB n n]
SYN write (down), draft, compose, pencil
4 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. 栏；圈；棚
SYN enclosure, pound, fold, cage
6 VERB [usually passive] 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. 把…关起来；把…圈起来
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...to drive the cattle back to the house so they could be milked and penned for the night. [be VERB-ed]
将牛群赶回家，这样就能挤奶并将其关进牛棚过夜
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The goats are penned in and fodder has to be cut and carried each day. [be VERB-ed]
山羊被关进圈里，每天都得铡草运料。
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I don't have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner. [V-ed up]
我不必像个囚犯一样被关在房间里。
SYN enclose, confine, hurdle, cage
7 N-COUNT [usually singular, the NOUN] 监狱 People sometimes say the pen to refer to a prison. 监狱 [US, informal]
8 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 动笔；下笔 If you put pen to paper, you write something. 动笔；下笔
Quotations
Beneath the rule of men entirely great
The pen is mightier than the sword Edward Bulwer-Lytton Richelieu
| Thesaurus | pen Also look up: |
| N. | cage, coop, corral, enclosure, fence 6 |
| VERB. | cage, enclose, shut in 8 |
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