单词 | caged |
释义 | cagedadj. 1. Confined in, or as in, a cage. Also with in. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adjective] > confined bounda1382 reclusedc1443 incarcerate1528 immurate1593 wall-fastc1593 immured1596 up-pent1600 confined1605 cageda1616 impent1633 straitened1757 hemmed in1894 a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 35 Twentie caged Nightingales do sing. View more context for this quotation 1650 M. Llewellyn Elegie in J. Gregory Posthuma Pref. Verses sig. A3 The cag'd Votarie did wider dwell, Then Thou. 1720 J. Gay Dione ii. ii, in Poems II. 453 The cag'd linnet. 1899 K. Grahame Dream Days 15 ‘What's that got to do with it?’ retorted his sister, resuming her caged-lion promenade. 1937 W. de la Mare This Year, Next Year A bookworm..Timid, half-blind, caged-in, afraid. ΚΠ 1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. Lv She would the caged cloister flie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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