pen
n
1 [C] (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) instrument for writing with ink, consisting of a pointed piece of split metal, a metal ball, etc, fixed into a metal or plastic holder (用有颜色液体书写的)笔; 钢笔; 圆珠笔: fountain pen 自来水笔
ball-point pen 圆珠笔 * felt-tip pen 毡头笔.
2 [sing] writing, esp as a profession 写作(尤指职业性的)
He lives by his pen. 他靠写作为生.
3 (idm 习语) the ,pen is ,mightier than the `sword (saying 谚) poets, thinkers, etc, affect human affairs more than soldiers do 笔墨胜刀剑. put ,pen to `paper (fml 文) (start to) write sth, eg a letter (开始)写(信等). a slip of the pen/tongue => slip1. pen, v (-nn-) [Tn]
(fml 文) write (a letter, etc) 写(信等)
She penned a few words of thanks. 她写了几句致谢的话.
pen n
1 small piece of land surrounded by a fence, esp for keeping cattle, sheep, poultry, etc in (牛、 羊、 家禽等的)圈, 围栏: a `sheep-pen 羊圈.
2 bomb-proof shelter for submarines (潜艇用的)防空隐蔽坞. pen v (-nn-) (phr v) pen sb/sth in/up shut sb/sth in, or as if in, a pen 将某人[某物](宛如)关入围栏中
pen up the chickens for the night 把鸡关进鸡棚过夜
She feels penned in by her life as a housewife. 她觉得做家庭主妇很受束缚.
pen n (US infml 口) penitentiary (联邦或州的)监狱. Pen abbr 缩写 = (esp on a map) Peninsula (尤指地图上的标记)半岛.
I can't put it strongly enouth, I need to make a sale before the end of the week.
我郑重宣布,我要在本周末前搞一次大减价。
Don't take it seriously.
不要当真。
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.