penned

英 [pend]

美 [pend]

v.  写; (把…)关起来，圈起来
pen的过去分词和过去式

过去式：penned　

COCA.41989

柯林斯词典

• See also:fountain pen
• VERB 写；书写
  If someonepensa letter, article, or book, they write it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• See also:...a holding pen for sheep...He wasn't sure exactly how a fox could have got into the sheep's pen.playpen
• VERB 把…关起来；把…圈起来
  If people or animalsare pennedsomewhere orare penned up, they are forced to remain in a very small area.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
  3. I don't have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner.
     我不必像个囚犯一样被关在房间里。
• 监狱
  People sometimes saythe pento refer to a prison.
• PHRASE 动笔；下笔
  If youput pen to paper, you write something.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• The whole family were penned up in one room for a month.
  整个一家人在一间房间被关了一个月。
• I don't have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner.
  我不必像个囚犯一样被关在房间里。
• After that game I penned the last few choruses to Eric the King.
  那场比赛之后我给埃里克写了几句话。
• She feels penned by her life as a housewife.
  她觉得做家庭主妇很受束缚。
• The "Dear Economist" column, first penned by Alan Beattie and Chris Giles ( now FT trade and economics editors, respectively), has celebrated its fourth anniversary.
  《亲爱的经济学家》专栏度过了4周年生日。这个栏目最初由艾伦•贝蒂（AlanBeattie）和克里斯•贾尔斯（ChrisGiles）执笔，他们现在分别是英国《金融时报》的贸易和经济编辑。
• 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。
• Young men sport white Gandhi caps with "I am Anna" penned onthe sides.
  年轻人头戴侧面写有“我是安纳”字样的甘地式帽子。
• Parents have received angry letters penned in staffrooms and handed to children.
  家长们收到了教师在办公室里起草，交给孩子带回家的愤怒信件。
• The convalescent child penned up in the house was yearning to go out and play with his brothers.
  那个关在屋里养病的孩子渴望出去与兄弟一起玩耍。
• I penned a few lines to him.
  我略写几行给他。