| 词汇 | pen up |
| 释义 | Phr V pen up pens, penning, penned pen in/up sth/sb or pen sth/sb in/up to shut animals or people in a small, enclosed areausually passiveThe rebel army was penned in on all sides by government troops. pen up sth/sb • pen sb/sth up usually passive to shut animals or people in an enclosed area so that they cannot escape: He kept his victims penned up in his garage. The bull was dangerous and had to be penned up.■ SIMILAR TO: pen in pen upTo imprison or confine someone or an animal inside of a pen or a similarly small, restricted space. We pen these convicts up with other criminals for years at a time, and you expect them all to become reformed citizens as a result? The man had penned up dozens of wild animals in a disused corner of his company's warehouse. pen (someone or an animal) upto confine someone to a confined space or an animal to a pen. He said he didn't want them to pen him up in an office all day. They penned up the dog during the day. |
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