pen

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  • n.钢笔；圈；围栏；畜栏
  • v.写；圈起来
  • Web槟城(Penang)；乙二醇酯；画笔
Plural Form：pens  Past Tense：penned  Present Participle：penning  

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pen
n.
1.
笔；钢笔an instrument made of plastic or metal used for writing with ink
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
2.
圈；围栏；畜栏a small piece of land surrounded by a fence in which farm animals are kept
a sheep pen
羊圈
IDM
the pen is mightier than the sword
笔诛胜于剑伐people who write books, poems, etc. have a greater effect on history and human affairs than soldiers and wars
put pen to paper
写；动笔to write or start to write sth
v.
1.
~ sth
写to write sth
He penned a letter to the local paper.
他给当地报纸写了一封信。
2.
~ sb/sth (in/up)
（把…）关起来，圈起来to shut an animal or a person in a small space
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。

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AllAll,钢笔钢笔,圈圈,围栏围栏,畜栏畜栏,写写,圈起来圈起来,乙二醇酯乙二醇酯,画笔画笔
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1.
She stared at the last line she had written and then shook her head, pen hovering over the small book with the blue velvet cover.
她盯着刚写的最后这行字，摇了摇头，手中的笔停留在有着蓝色天鹅绒封面的日记本上。
tā dīng zhe gāng xiě de zuì hòu zhè háng zì , yáo le yáo tóu , shǒu zhōng de bǐ tíng liú zài yǒu zhe lán sè tiān é róng fēng miàn de rì jì běn shàng 。
blog.sina.com.cn
2.
"May I write a note? " asked Gillian, with a smile. Miss Hayden supplied him with paper and pen, and then went back to her writing table.
“我可以写一张纸条？”问阿娇，面带微笑。海登小姐提供纸笔他，然后又回到她的写字台。
" wǒ kě yǐ xiě yī zhāng zhǐ tiáo ? " wèn ā jiāo , miàn dài wēi xiào 。 hǎi dēng xiǎo jiě tí gōng zhǐ bǐ tā , rán hòu yòu huí dào tā de xiě zì tái 。
www.maynet.cn
3.
The author, who turned 33 this week, goes by the pen name Nine Knives, picked up in high school after he wrote a song with that title.
现年33岁的柯景腾一直使用“九把刀”这个笔名。这是他上高中时写过的一首歌的歌名，后来他就用它做了笔名。
xiàn nián sān shí sān suì de kē jǐng téng yì zhí shǐ yòng " jiǔ bǎ dāo " zhè ge bǐ míng 。 zhè shì tā shàng gāo zhōng shí xiě guò de yī shǒu gē de gē míng , hòu lái tā jiù yòng tā zuò le bǐ míng 。
chinese.wsj.com
4.
For example, a real paper-and-pen letter, telling someone who's helped you how much it meant to you, is a surefire cheer-upper.
比如，收到一封纸笔写的信告诉你，你的帮助是多么重要时，绝对是件非常高兴的事。
bǐ rú , shōu dào yī fēng zhǐ bǐ xiě de xìn gào su nǐ , nǐ de bāng zhù shì duō me zhòng yào shí , jué duì shì jiàn fēi cháng gāo xìng de shì 。
article.yeeyan.org
5.
It was like trying to get a new pen from a particularly bloody minded stationery department.
这就像在一个特别不好说话的办公用品管理员手里领一支新钢笔。
zhè jiù xiàng zài yī gè tè bié bù hǎo shuō huà de bàn gōng yòng pǐn guǎn lǐ yuán shǒu lǐ lǐng yī zhī xīn gāng bǐ 。
article.yeeyan.org
6.
By turns funny and caustic, with a fine sense of oratory, Ms Le Pen's skill is to defend her ideas with principles that all voters share.
能言善辩的勒庞以风趣而讽刺的方式妥善辩护了她的主张，并且她的原则与选民的共同意愿相符。
néng yán shàn biàn de lè páng yǐ fēng qù ér fěng cì de fāng shì tuǒ shàn biàn hù le tā de zhǔ zhāng , bìng qiě tā de yuán zé yǔ xuǎn mín de gòng tóng yì yuàn xiāng fú 。
www.ecocn.org
7.
Amidst these friends then, and a host more, Pen passed more than two brilliant and happy years of his life.
在这些朋友，以及其他许多同学中间，潘度过了两年多丰富多采的愉快生活。
zài zhè xiē péng yǒu , yǐ jí qí tā xǔ duō tóng xué zhōng jiān , pān dù guò le liǎng nián duō fēng fù duō cǎi de yú kuài shēng huó 。
8.
I picked up a few his right of fountain pen, and be jubilant followed his mother go ahead.
我挑选了几根自己心仪的水笔，又兴高采烈地跟着妈妈向前走。
wǒ tiāo xuǎn le jǐ gēn zì jǐ xīn yí de shuǐ bǐ , yòu xìng gāo cǎi liè de gēn zhe mā mā xiàng qián zǒu 。
blog.xxt.cn
9.
"You want me to pick up the pen as if I were pregnant? " he asked.
他说：“你是想要我当作如同怀孕那样地捡起这只笔？”
tā shuō : " nǐ shì xiǎng yào wǒ dāng zuò rú tóng huái yùn nà yàng de jiǎn qǐ zhè zhī bǐ ? "
bbs.chinadaily.com.cn
10.
You know good and well that's how he got lost up here in the dark and fell in the hog pen.
他就是这样在黑夜里走错了路掉进猪圈里去的，你知道得一清二楚。
tā jiù shì zhè yàng zài hēi yè lǐ zǒu cuò le lù diào jìn zhū juàn lǐ qù de , nǐ zhī dào de yì qīng èr chǔ 。
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