coop


vt. 把…关进笼子里;限制;拘禁

vi. 值勤警察在警车里打瞌睡

n. 鸡笼;小屋;捕鱼篓

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中文词源

coop 笼子

来自拉丁词cupa, 小桶,酒桶,词源同cup. 因形似小桶而引申此词义。

英文词源

coop
coop: see cup
coop (n.)
"small cage for poultry," mid-14c., from Old English cype, cypa "basket, cask," akin to Middle Dutch kupe, Swedish kupa, and all probably from Latin cupa "tub, cask," from PIE *keup- "hollow mound" (see cup (n.)).
coop (v.)
1560s, from coop (n.). Related: Cooped; cooping.

中文解释

1. cup => coop.2. 谐音“箍扑”,coop中间的两个字母o, 像不像紧紧地将人箍住。

实用例句

1. Litter in the hen coop beds down if it is not raked.
鸡笼里的稻草如不清除会形成硬层.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. The chickens have all fled from their coop.
鸡炸了窝了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. The hen has flown away and the eggs in the coop are broken.
鸡飞蛋打.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. She graduates to senior stylist and then flies the coop to set up in a salon of her own.
她晋升为高级发型师,然后又冲破种种限制,开起了自己的发廊。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
莱昂内尔做了个鸡笼,打算养些鸡,吃上新鲜鸡蛋。
来自柯林斯例句

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