cage

cage — 名詞

1. a structure with bars or wire around it, used for keeping birds or animals insid

1.名詞B1
釋義

籠子

用欄杆或鐵絲關鳥獸的空間

a structure with bars or wire around it, used for keeping birds or animals inside.

例句

Aiko cleaned the rabbit's cage before the children came home from school.

Aiko 在孩子們放學回家前，先把兔子的籠子清乾淨了。

collocation: clean a cage

Two noisy parrots rattled the cage beside the shop door all morning.

兩隻吵鬧的鸚鵡整個早上都在店門旁搖晃籠子。

同義詞
  • coop

    used mainly for chickens or other birds

  • kennel

    used for dogs rather than birds or many other animals

  • crate

    often used for carrying or training an animal, especially a dog

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

❌The horse slept in a cage.
✅The horse slept in a stable.
💡a cage is usually for smaller birds or animals, not for a horse.

2. a netted practice area where baseball players hit balls thrown to them.

2.名詞B2
釋義

打擊籠

棒球打擊練習用的網籠區

a netted practice area where baseball players hit balls thrown to them.

例句

After class, Diego hit fifty balls in the batting cage behind school.

下課後，Diego 在學校後方的打擊籠打了五十顆球。

compound: batting cage

The coach fixed a torn net before the team used the cage.

教練先補好破掉的網子，球隊才進去用打擊籠。

同義詞
  • 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

❌The team trained in the cage for football.
✅The team trained in the batting cage for baseball.
💡this sense belongs to baseball or softball hitting practice.

cage — 動詞