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cage

noun
🔊/keɪdʒ/
🔊/keɪdʒ/
Idioms
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  1. a structure made of metal bars or wire in which animals or birds are kept笼子
    • a birdcage鸟笼
    • I don’t like seeing animals in cages.我不喜欢看到笼子里的动物。
    see also ribcageTopics Birdsb2, Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryCage is used after these nouns:
    • bird
    • rib
    • wire
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin cavea.
Idioms
rattle somebody’s cage
  1. (informal) to annoy somebody骚扰；使恼怒
    • Who's rattled his cage?谁惹他生气了？🔊🔊

cage

verb
🔊/keɪdʒ/
🔊/keɪdʒ/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cage
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he / she / it cages
🔊/ˈkeɪdʒɪz/
🔊/ˈkeɪdʒɪz/
past simple caged
🔊/keɪdʒd/
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past participle caged
🔊/keɪdʒd/
🔊/keɪdʒd/
-ing form caging
🔊/ˈkeɪdʒɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkeɪdʒɪŋ/
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  1. cage something (up) to put or keep an animal in a cage把（动物）关在笼中
    • The dogs are caged (up) at night.晚上狗被关进笼里。
    Word OriginMiddle English: via Old French from Latin cavea.