cage
cage — noun
1. a structure with bars or wire around it, used for keeping birds or animals insid
a structure with bars or wire around it, used for keeping birds or animals inside.
Aiko cleaned the rabbit's cage before the children came home from school.
collocation: clean a cage
Two noisy parrots rattled the cage beside the shop door all morning.
The vet told Priya to use a larger cage for the injured fox.
A rusty cage held two rabbits behind the old farm shed.
At the shelter, each cat had food, water, and a warm cage.
文法句型
a cage for [animal]
keep [animal] in a cage
用法筆記
Common with words naming the animal or the material, such as bird cage, rabbit cage, or wire cage. Distinguish from a pen or kennel, which are often larger or more open.
常見錯誤
2. a netted practice area where baseball players hit balls thrown to them.
a netted practice area where baseball players hit balls thrown to them.
After class, Diego hit fifty balls in the batting cage behind school.
compound: batting cage
The coach fixed a torn net before the team used the cage.
Rain drummed on the roof while Noa practised swings inside the cage.
Parents watched from the fence while the younger players took turns batting in the cage.
A new batting cage opened next to the baseball field in April.
- batting cage
the standard full expression for this sports sense
- hitting cage
an informal sports variant with the same basic meaning
- practice net
broader; can be used for other sports and is less exact
文法句型
the batting cage
practise in the cage
用法筆記
Usually appears in the fixed phrase batting cage. Distinguish from noun sense 1: people stand inside this kind of cage to practise hitting, not to keep animals there.
常見錯誤
cage — verb
1. to shut a bird or animal inside a cage so it cannot move around freely.
to shut a bird or animal inside a cage so it cannot move around freely.
The rescue centre never cages sick birds for longer than necessary.
transitive: cage [animal]
At night, the family cages the hamster so the cat cannot reach it.
Three frightened hens were caged in the barn during the storm.
The zoo does not cage its young wolves during feeding time.
After the market closed, Ravi caged the songbirds near the back wall.
文法句型
cage [animal] (up)
be caged in [place]
用法筆記
Usually takes an animal as its object and often appears in the passive, as in be caged. For people, English more often uses confine or lock up unless the image of bars is important.