pen

英 [pen] 美[pɛn]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词in confine enclose inscribe write shut

n. 钢笔；作家；围栏
vt. 写；关入栏中
n. (Pen)人名；(法)庞；(俄、塞、英、意)佩恩；(柬)宾

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中文词源

pen 钢笔，笔尖

来自拉丁语penna,羽毛，翎，来自PIE*petna,展开，翅膀，来自*pet,展开，词源同feather,compete.原指鸟翎制成的笔，后词义通用化。拼写比较pan,patella.

pen 围栏，畜栏

来自古英语penne,围栏，畜栏，来自pinn,插销，栓子，楔子，词源同pin.

词态变化

复数: pens;第三人称单数: pens;过去式: penned;过去分词: penned;现在分词: penning;

英文词源

pen: pen: English has three words pen. The oldest, ‘enclosure’ [OE], is something of a mystery term. It has no known relatives in the other European languages, and even in English it is not unequivocally found in its current sense until the 14th century. Pent [16], as in ‘pent up’, originated in the past participle of the verb pen. The earliest writing implements known as ‘pens’ were of course made from feathers, and so it is not surprising that the word pen [13] comes from a word that meant ‘feather’.

This was Latin penna, source also of English pennon [14] and a distant relative of English feather. It entered English via Old French penne. Pen ‘female swan’ [16] is of unknown origin.
=> pent; feather, pennon
pen (n.3): slang, "prison," 1884, shortening of penitentiary; earlier use (1845) probably is a figurative extension of pen (n.2).
pen (n.1): "writing implement," late 13c., from Old French pene "quill pen; feather" (12c.) and directly from Latin penna "a feather, plume," in plural "a wing," in Late Latin, "a pen for writing," from Old Latin petna, pesna, from PIE *pet-na-, suffixed form of root *pet- "to rush; to fly" (see petition (n.)).

Latin penna and pinna "a feather, plume;" in plural "a wing;" also "a pinnacle; battlement" (see pin (n.)) are treated as identical in Watkins, etc., but regarded as separate (but confused) Latin words by Tucker and others, who derive pinna from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (see spike (n.1)) and see the "feather/wing" sense as secondary.

In later French, this word means only "long feather of a bird," while the equivalent of English plume is used for "writing implement," the senses of the two words thus are reversed from the situation in English. Pen-and-ink (adj.) is attested from 1670s. Pen name is recorded from mid-19c.
pen (v.2): "to enclose in a pen," c. 1200, from Old English *pennian, from the source of pen (n.2). Related: Penned; penning.
pen (n.2): "enclosure for animals," Old English penn, penne, "enclosure, pen, fold," of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Old English pinn "pin, peg" (see pin (n.)) on notion of a bolted gate or else "structure made of pointed stakes."
pen (v.1): late 15c., from pen (n.). Related: Penned; penning.

双语例句

1. He won a head-to-head battle with NF leader Jean-Marie Le Pen.: 他在和国民阵线领袖让-马里·勒庞的正面交锋中获得了胜利。

2. This cuttlefish has a horny internal shell like a pen.: 这只乌贼有一个笔状的角质内壳。

3. Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion.: 用不同颜色的毡头笔画草图，以免搞混。

4. Draw the basic outlines in black felt-tip pen (see fig. 4).: 用黑色毡头笔画出基本轮廓（见图4）。

5. He sat behind a desk laboriously writing with an Army issue pen.: 他坐在书桌后吃力地写着，用的是一支部队发的钢笔。

英英释意

1. a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

2. an enclosure for confining livestock

3. a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play

4. a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes

5. female swan

考试真题

In any event, my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be.

Students mark the main ideas and important details with a pen or pencil, yellow or blue or orange.

First, read a chapter with one pen in your hand and others next to you on the desk

Again, the point is to listen hard while keeping the pen moving.

In any event, my mother and her red pen showed me how deeply flawed a flawless essay could be.

In an interview with the Paris Review Hughes speculated that when a person puts pen to paper, "you meet the terrible resistance of what happened your first year at it, when you couldn't write at all".

He unfortunately passed away last year due to his cancer, but he left a deep impression on me and gave me the inspiration to pick up my pen again.

I can't find my pen anywhere.

I have a couple of pens though.

From then on his sketches ,which appeared under the pen name “Boz” in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

From then on his sketches,which appeared under the pen name "Boz" in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

In an experiment published in 1988, social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of Würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to hold a pen either with their teeth—thereby creating an artificial smile—or with their lips, which would produce a disappointe

实用场景例句

pen and ink: 钢笔和墨水

a new book from the pen of Martin Amis: 马丁·埃米斯写的新书

a sheep pen: 羊圈

He penned a letter to the local paper.: 他给当地报纸写了一封信。

At clipping time sheep need to be penned.: 在剪羊毛时，需要把羊圈起来。

The whole family were penned up in one room for a month.: 全家人被关在一间屋子里达一个月之久。

I really intended to pen this letter to you early this morning...: 我真的打算今天一大早给你写这封信的。

She penned a short memo to his private secretary.: 她给他的私人秘书写了一份简短的备忘录。

...a holding pen for sheep...: 暂时搭建的羊圈

He wasn't sure exactly how a fox could have got into the sheep's pen.: 他不是十分确定狐狸是怎么进入羊圈的。

...to drive the cattle back to the house so they could be milked and penned for the night...: 将牛群赶回家，这样就能挤奶并将其关进牛棚过夜

The goats are penned in and fodder has to be cut and carried each day...: 山羊被关进圈里，每天都得铡草运料。

Whenever he put pen to paper he was at a loss for the right words to break the news.: 他每次一提笔就不知道如何措辞透露这个消息。

This pen is not very good, but we'll have to make it do.: 这支笔不太好, 但我们得对付着用.

This pen writes well [ nicely ] .: 这支笔很好使.

Neither pen nor pencil can express.: 并非笔墨所能形容.

I've been all over the shop trying to find that pen.: 我一直在找那支钢笔.

My pen writes well.: 我的笔好使.

George is clever with his pen.: 乔治善于写文章.

Carry a notepad and pen or pencil with you to jot down ideas.: 随身带有记事本和钢笔或铅笔以记下你的主意.

He missed the pen from the desk.: 他发觉桌上的钢笔不见了.

The lawyer nib his pen, spread out his paper, and prepared to write.: 那律师装上笔尖; 摊开纸张, 准备缮写.

Do you usually take notes in class with a pen or pencil?: 你在课堂上记笔记通常用钢笔还是铅笔?

As I bent over , my fountain pen fell to the ground.: 我一哈腰把钢笔掉在地上了.

Pen it before you forget it.: 记下来,免得忘了.

This lousy pen really drives me mad!: 这支破笔真气人!

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