ADJ [verb-link ADJ]被禁锢的;被困住的;被拘禁的 If you say that someone is cooped up, you mean that they live or are kept in a place which is too small, or which does not allow them much freedom. 被禁锢的;被困住的;被拘禁的
He is cooped up in a cramped cell with 10 other inmates.
他和其他10名犯人被囚禁在一间狭窄的牢房里。
It isn't good for her to be cooped up all the time.