pent

Describes a state of being confined, shut in, or held back, often used in the phrase 'pent up' to refer to suppressed emotions or energy.

• 🇨🇳形容被关闭、束缚或限制的状态，常用于短语 'pent up' 中，表示压抑的情绪或能量得不到释放。

1. Closely confined B2 formal

   Kept in a small or restricted space; unable to move freely.

   • The pent-up energy of the children was released during recess.
   • He felt pent in the small office with no windows.
   • The animal looked pent and restless in its cage.

   🇨🇳被关押的

   同义词: confinedenclosedimprisonedshut in

   反义词: freelooseunconfined

• more pent comparative form
• most pent superlative form