pen

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pen1 /pen/ ●●● S2 noun  1  DWRITE[countable, uncountable] an instrument for writing or drawing with ink 〔用墨水的〕笔；钢笔 → pencil, biro a ballpoint pen 圆珠笔 a felt-tip pen 毡头笔in pen Please fill out the form in pen. 请用钢笔填写此表。 a pen and ink drawing 钢笔画 →4  See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里 →5 see picture at 见图 office, stationery2  TA[countable] a small piece of land enclosed by a fence to keep farm animals in 〔围养家畜的〕栏，圈，棚 a sheep pen 羊圈 → playpen3. put/set pen to paper TCWRITEto begin to write 动笔4. [countable] American English informalSCJ a short form of penitentiary / ‘penitentiary’ 的缩略式 , 监狱5. [countable] British English informal a penalty, used especially when talking about football 处罚，〔尤指足球的〕点球

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pen• We started a lively correspondence with about five pen friends each, scribbling away under the desk in lessons.• a fountain pen• This explains those tiny hillside pens bounded by rock walls.• I then looked at the boy again, who held his pen out towards me.• No mere holding pen, this is home for these creatures.• Expect 1993 to be the year of the pen.• He threaded the pen back through her fingers, gently.• A good-looking, pre-war pen cost less than a third of its modern cousin, and wrote just as well.• She also created Write a Senior, a website that links the elderly with pen pals around the world.in pen• Write your essays in pen not pencil.pen2 verb (penned, penning) [transitive]  1 literaryWRITE to write something such as a letter, a book etc, especially using a pen 〔尤指用钢笔〕写 a song penned by George Clinton 乔治·克林顿写的歌2 pen somebody/something ↔ up/in phrasal verb a) TADto shut an animal in a small enclosed area 把〔动物〕关入围栏中b) be penned up/inLIMIT to be restricted or forced to remain in a small place 被约束，被束缚 Norma felt restless and penned in. 诺尔玛犹如笼中困兽，焦躁不安。→ See Verb table

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pen• Since his installation as bishop, he was known to personally pen all the letters of real importance to his diocese.• It's rather like the scene that I penned at the beginning of this column.• Others carried head-bundles of leaves and grass for the sheep and goats now penned behind thorn fences beside the houses.• On a different tack, Republican lawmakers have penned bills that would limit welfare benefits to teen moms.• The piece was penned by Mozart when he was eight.• Rescripts were often penned for a case, and not for the world at large.• There are plenty of exceptions, fine songwriters penning protest songs or brooding religious inquiries.• The flu kept him penned up at home for a week.Origin pen1 1. (1200-1300) Old French penne “feather, pen”, from Latin penna “feather”2. Old English penn3. (1800-1900) penitentiary

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pen¹ S2 /pen/ noun
1. [uncountable and countable] an instrument for writing or drawing with ink ⇨ pencil, biro:
    a ballpoint pen
    a felt-tip pen
    in pen
    Please fill out the form in pen.
    a pen and ink drawing
2. [countable] a small piece of land enclosed by a fence to keep farm animals in:
    a sheep pen ⇨ playpen
3. put/set pen to paper to begin to write
4. [countable] American English informal a short form of penitentiary
5. [countable] British English informal a penalty, used especially when talking about football

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pen² verb (past tense and past participle penned, present participle penning) [transitive]
literary to write something such as a letter, a book etc, especially using a pen:
    a song penned by George Clinton
     
pen somebody/something ↔ up/in phrasal verb
  1. to shut an animal in a small enclosed area
  2. be penned up/in to be restricted or forced to remain in a small place:
    Norma felt restless and penned in.