cage
noun [ C ] uk/keɪdʒ/ us/keɪdʒ/
B1 笼子
a space surrounded on all sides by bars or wire, in which animals or birds are kept
- More examples
- A lion has escaped from its cage.
- Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.
- The gorilla rattled the bars of its cage.
- Bored out of its mind, the monkey stares out of the cage with unseeing eyes.
- The monkeys bunched together in their cage.
cage
verb [ T usually passive ] uk/keɪdʒ/ us/keɪdʒ/
（把鸟或动物）关进笼子里
to put or keep birds or animals in a cage
caged birds/animals 笼中鸟／兽
Sam's been prowling about like a caged animal all morning. 萨姆一上午都像困兽一样走来走去。