coop up

• 动词短语，指把某人或某物关在狭小封闭的空间里，加以限制或禁闭。

A phrasal verb meaning to confine or restrict someone or something in a small, enclosed space.

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1. Confine or restrictinformal

   To keep someone or something in a small, enclosed space, often against their will.

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   • The children were cooped up inside all day because of the rain.
   • They cooped the chickens up in a small pen.
   • I feel cooped up in this tiny apartment.

   同义词cageconfineencloseimprisonincarcerateinternlock upshut intrap

   反义词freeliberaterelease