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单词 penned
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pen1 /pɛn/USA pronunciation   n., v., penned, pen•ning. 
n. [countable]
  1. any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink.
  2. the pen as a symbol of writing;
    authorship:The pen is mightier than the sword.

v. [+ object]
  1. to write or draw with or as if with a pen:to pen an essay.

pen2 /pɛn/USA pronunciation   n., v., penned, pen•ning. 
n. [countable]
  1. Animal Husbandrya small fenced-in area for domestic animals.
  2. a playpen.
  3. Sportbullpen (defs. 1, 2).

v. [+ object]
  1. Animal Husbandryto confine in or as if in a pen:The animals were penned there for weeks.

pen3 /pɛn/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. Slang Termspenitentiary.

-pen-, root. 
    1. -pen- comes from Latin and Greek, where it has the meanings "penalty;
      wrong,'' and hence "repent.'' These meanings are found in such words as: impenitent, penal, penalize, penitence, penology, repent, subpoena.

Pen. or pen.,an abbreviation of:
  1. peninsula.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pen1  (pen),USA pronunciation n., v., penned, pen•ning. 
n. 
  1. any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
  2. a detachable metal penpoint, filled by dipping or with a quill;
    nib.
  3. such a penpoint with its penholder.
  4. fountain pen.
  5. ball-point pen.
  6. the pen as the instrument of writing or authorship:The pen is mightier than the sword.
  7. a person's style or quality of writing:He writes with a witty, incisive pen.
  8. a writer:I leave this story to abler pens.
  9. the profession of writing:a master of the pen.
  10. [Ornith.]
    • Birdsa quill.
    • Birdsa pinfeather.
  11. something resembling or suggesting a feather or quill.
  12. Zoologyan internal, corneous or chitinous, feather-shaped structure in certain cephalopods, as the squid.

v.t. 
  1. to write with or as with a pen;
    put down in writing:to pen an essay.
  2. to draw with or as with a pen:to pen a sketch.
  • Late Latin penna, Latin: feather
  • Old French penne pen, feather
  • Middle English penne 1250–1300
penlike′, adj. 
penner, n. 

pen2  (pen),USA pronunciation n., v., penned or pent, pen•ning. 
n. 
  1. Animal Husbandrya small enclosure for domestic animals.
  2. Animal Husbandryanimals so enclosed:We have a pen of twenty sheep.
  3. Animal Husbandryan enclosure used for confinement or safekeeping:We have built several pens to hold our harvest of corn.
  4. playpen.
  5. See bull pen. 
  6. a dock having a protective concrete structure overhead, used to service and repair submarines.

v.t. 
  1. Animal Husbandryto confine in or as in a pen.
  • bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English penne, Old English penn (in compounds); perh. akin to pin; (verb, verbal) Middle English pennen, derivative of the noun, nominal

pen3  (pen),USA pronunciation n. [Slang.]
  1. Slang Termspenitentiary (def. 1).
  • 1880–85; American; shortened form

pen4  (pen),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsa female swan.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1540–50

pen-, 
  1. var. of pene- before a vowel:penannular.

Pen., 
  1. peninsula.
Also, pen. 
P.E.N., 
  1. International Association of Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, and Novelists.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pen /pɛn/ n
  1. an implement for writing or drawing using ink, formerly consisting of a sharpened and split quill, and now of a metal nib attached to a holder
    See also ballpoint, fountain pen
  2. the writing end of such an implement; nib
  3. style of writing
  4. the penwriting as an occupation
vb (pens, penning, penned)
  1. (transitive) to write or compose
Etymology: Old English pinne, from Late Latin penna (quill) pen, from Latin: feather
pen /pɛn/ n
  1. an enclosure in which domestic animals are kept
  2. any place of confinement
  3. a dock for servicing submarines, esp one having a bombproof roof
vb (pens, penning, penned, pent)
  1. (transitive) to enclose or keep in a pen
Etymology: Old English penn, perhaps related to pin
pen /pɛn/ n
  1. US Canadian informal
    short for penitentiary
pen /pɛn/ n
  1. a female swan
Etymology: 16th Century: of unknown origin
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