cage是什么意思（cage的用法）

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一、cage是什么意思

1、cage 笼子

2、词源同cave，洞穴。即关东西的地方。

二、cage的用法

1、cage

2、cage: [13] English acquired cage via Old French cage from Latin cavea, which meant ‘enclosure for animals, such as a coop, hive, or stall’, and also ‘dungeon’. This is usually referred to Latin cavus ‘hollow’, from which English gets cave and cavern, although not all etymologists agree with this derivation. A Vulgar Latin derivative of cavea, *caveola, was the ancestor of English gaol, and cavea has also been postulated as the ultimate source of cabinet.=> cabinet, cave, decoy, gaol, jail

3、cage (n.)

4、early 13c., from Old French cage "cage, prison; retreat, hideout" (12c.), from Latin cavea "hollow place, enclosure for animals, coop, hive, stall, dungeon, spectators' seats in the theater" (source also of Italian gabbia "basket for fowls, coop;" see cave (n.)).

5、cage (v.)

6、1570s, from cage (n.). Related: Caged; caging.

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