coop
/kuːp/ (bre, ipa) · /kuːp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈküp ˈku̇p/ (ame, mw)
coop — 名詞
- coopsingular
- coopsplural
1. a small building or wire cage where chickens or other small birds are kept safe
雞籠；禽舍
養雞等家禽的小籠舍
a small building or wire cage where chickens or other small birds are kept safe at night.
Every evening Luis locks the hens inside the coop before dark.
每天傍晚 Luis 都會在天黑前把母雞鎖進雞籠裡。
Zara built a wooden coop in the backyard to raise six chickens.
Zara 在後院蓋了一間木製雞舍，養了六隻雞。
coop + built + in the backyard — typical location and construction
The fox broke into the coop and took three of our hens.
狐狸闖進雞舍，抓走了我們三隻母雞。
Talia cleaned the coop and spread fresh straw on the floor.
Talia 清掃了雞舍，並在地板上鋪上新稻草。
A good coop protects birds from bad weather and wild animals.
好的雞舍能保護鳥兒不受惡劣天氣和野生動物的侵害。
文法句型
coop + for + animals
用法筆記
Commonly combined with 'chicken' (chicken coop) and 'hen' (hen coop), though 'coop' alone implies a chicken enclosure.
常見錯誤
coop — 動詞
- cooppresent simple I / you / we / they
- coops3rd person singular
- cooping-ing form
- coopedpast simple
1. to force a person or animal to stay inside a place that is too small, uncomforta
關住；侷限
關在狹小空間，感到不適
to force a person or animal to stay inside a place that is too small, uncomfortable, or closed, often for so long that they feel annoyed or restless.
After three days of rain, the children were cooped up inside the house with nothing to do.
下了三天雨後，孩子們被關在屋子裡無事可做。
passive: be cooped up inside [place]
Kofi hates flying because he feels cooped up in the small seat for hours.
Kofi 討厭搭飛機，因為好幾個小時被困在小座位上。
The puppy was cooped up in a tiny crate all day while its owner was at work.
那隻小狗被關在一個小籠子裡一整天，主人去上班了。
Jia's doctor told her not to coop herself up in her room all weekend.
Jia 的醫生叫她不要整個週末都把自己關在房間裡。
We cooped the chickens up in a small shed while we repaired the fence.
我們把雞暫時關在一個小棚子裡，等圍籬修好。
- free
release from restriction
文法句型
be cooped up + in/inside + place
用法筆記
Far more common in the passive voice (be cooped up) than in active constructions. The particle 'up' is idiomatic and very frequent ('cooped up'). The active form without 'up' (e.g., 'to coop someone inside') sounds markedly formal or old-fashioned.
常見錯誤
2. to place birds such as chickens into a coop and keep them there for the night or
關進雞籠
把家禽放入籠舍飼養
to place birds such as chickens into a coop and keep them there for the night or for protection.
The farmer coops the ducks every evening at sunset to keep them safe from foxes.
農夫每天日落時把鴨子關進籠舍，防止狐狸攻擊。
active use: coop [birds] at [time]
Raj coops the laying hens in the large coop near the barn.
Raj 把生蛋的母雞關在穀倉旁的大雞籠裡。
The chicks are cooped in a warm brooder until they grow feathers.
小雞被關在保暖的育雛箱裡，直到長出羽毛。
Deepa forgot to coop the geese last night and one wandered into the road.
Deepa 昨晚忘了把鵝關進籠舍，有一隻跑到馬路上去了。
Before the storm hit, Priya cooped the geese in the reinforced coop behind the barn.
暴風雨來臨前，Priya 把鵝關進穀倉後面加固過的籠舍裡。
- release
let birds out of the coop
文法句型
coop + animal + in/inside + container
用法筆記
Literal sense — refers strictly to placing birds inside a coop. Distinguish from sense 1 (CONFINE TIGHTLY), which applies to any living being in any small space and usually carries a negative emotional tone. In this sense the subject is typically a farmer or poultry keeper, and the object is a bird.