| 释义 |
pen up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1.pen up - confine in a fold, like sheepfoldrestrain, confine, hold - to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trains"; "About a dozen animals were held inside the stockade"; "The illegal immigrants were held at a detention center"; "The terrorists held the journalists for ransom" |
pen up
pen upTo imprison or confine someone or an animal inside of a pen or a similarly small, restricted space. We pen these convicts up with other criminals for years at a time, and you expect them all to become reformed citizens as a result? The man had penned up dozens of wild animals in a disused corner of his company's warehouse.See also: pen, uppen (someone or an animal) upto confine someone to a confined space or an animal to a pen. He said he didn't want them to pen him up in an office all day. They penned up the dog during the day.See also: pen, upEncyclopediaSeepenFinancialSeePENAcronymsSeePUpen up
Synonyms for pen upverb confine in a fold, like sheepSynonymsRelated Words |