| 单词 | pen |
| 释义 | pen pen1 —penlike, adj. —penner, n. /pen/, n. , v. , penned, penning. n. 1. any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance. 2. a detachable metal penpoint, filled by dipping or with a quill; nib. 3. such a penpoint with its penholder. 4. fountain pen. 5. ball-point pen. 6. the pen as the instrument of writing or authorship: The pen is mightier than the sword. 7. a person's style or quality of writing: He writes with a witty, incisive pen. 8. a writer: I leave this story to abler pens. 9. the profession of writing: a master of the pen. 10. Ornith. a. a quill. b. a pinfeather. 11. something resembling or suggesting a feather or quill. 12. Zool. an internal, corneous or chitinous, feather-shaped structure in certain cephalopods, as the squid. v.t. 13. to write with or as with a pen; put down in writing: to pen an essay. 14. to draw with or as with a pen: to pen a sketch. [1250-1300; ME penne < OF penne pen, feather < LL penna, L: feather] pen2 /pen/, n. , v. , penned or pent, penning. n. 1. a small enclosure for domestic animals. 2. animals so enclosed: We have a pen of twenty sheep. 3. an enclosure used for confinement or safekeeping: We have built several pens to hold our harvest of corn. 4. playpen. 5. See bull pen. 6. a dock having a protective concrete structure overhead, used to service and repair submarines. v.t. 7. to confine in or as in a pen. [bef. 1000; (n.) ME penne, OE penn (in compounds); perh. akin to PIN; (v.) ME pennen, deriv. of the n.] pen3 /pen/, n. Slang. penitentiary (def. 1). [1880-85; Amer.; shortened form] pen4 /pen/, n. a female swan. [1540-50; orig. uncert.] |
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