cages

1. [C]笼子 a place with bars round it where animals or birds are kept so that they cannot escape
2. [C]框架 sth like cage; frame

1. vt. 把…关入笼中 put into a cage

• bank teller's cage有栅窗的银行出纳室
• bird cage鸟笼

• in a cage在笼中

• cage for animals兽笼
• the steel cage of a skyscraper摩天大楼的钢架构造
• the cage of an elevator电梯的轿厢

• cage one's anger强压住怒火

squirrel cage adj. 鼠笼式的

bird cage n. 鸟笼

nicolas cage n. 尼古拉斯·凯奇（美国演员）

rib cage胸腔

reinforcement cage钢筋组架

bearing cage轴承罩

steel reinforcement cage钢筋笼

steel cage钢罩

reinforcing cage钢筋笼

cage rotor鼠笼型转子；短路式转子

ball cage滚珠隔离圈；滚珠轴承罩

cage motor鼠笼式电动机

cage door升降机门；罐笼门，轿厢门

1. The old man wants to buy a cage for birds.
   老人想买一个鸟笼。
2. Is it cruel to confine a bird in a cage?
   把鸟关在笼子里残忍不残忍?
3. The hamster had got through the wire at the front of its cage.
   仓鼠从其笼子前部的栅栏处钻出去了。
4. The canary was trilling away in its cage.
   那只金丝雀在笼中鸣啾。
5. The lion paced the floor of his cage restlessly.
   狮子烦躁地在兽笼里走来走去。
6. Criminals are kept in the cages on this island.
   刑事犯被关在岛上的牢房里。
7. They placed a protective cage over the sapling.
   他们在树苗上罩上一个保护栏。

1. You can cage a bird, but you cannot make him sing.
   你可以关住一只鸟，但你不能使它唱歌。