pen somebody/something ↔ up/in

phrasal verbphr v

a) TADto shut an animal in a small enclosed area 把〔动物〕关入围栏中

b) be penned up/inLIMIT to be restricted or forced to remain in a small place 被约束，被束缚

Norma felt restless and penned in.

诺尔玛犹如笼中困兽，焦躁不安。

Examples from the Corpus

pen up/in• Craig and Johnson met the way practically anyone meets an inmate: They became pen pals.• Some of the small ones were ink-stained, and I realized that these had been for ink bottles and pens.• This grid enables the software to determine the position of the pen.• There was a dearth of pens that day in class.• The pen comes in it's own attractive slip case.• I m going to get a marker pen and colour in one side - hey presto, a KeaneKickmaster.• The tiny pens, scrawling in palsied traces on endless white ribbons of paper, slowly ground to a halt.• Where Peach's pen had been in the window was a cage with a snake in it, curled up on straw.

→ pen somebody/something ↔ up/in at pen2(1)

词汇	pen somebody/something ↔ up/in
释义	pen somebody/something ↔ up/in pen somebody/something ↔ up/in phrasal verbphr v a) TADto shut an animal in a small enclosed area 把〔动物〕关入围栏中 b) be penned up/inLIMIT to be restricted or forced to remain in a small place 被约束，被束缚 Norma felt restless and penned in. 诺尔玛犹如笼中困兽，焦躁不安。 Examples from the Corpus pen up/in• Craig and Johnson met the way practically anyone meets an inmate: They became pen pals.• Some of the small ones were ink-stained, and I realized that these had been for ink bottles and pens.• This grid enables the software to determine the position of the pen.• There was a dearth of pens that day in class.• The pen comes in it's own attractive slip case.• I m going to get a marker pen and colour in one side - hey presto, a KeaneKickmaster.• The tiny pens, scrawling in palsied traces on endless white ribbons of paper, slowly ground to a halt.• Where Peach's pen had been in the window was a cage with a snake in it, curled up on straw. → pen somebody/something ↔ up/in at pen2(1)
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