coop

鶏小屋

鶏などの小さな動物を飼う、囲いのある小屋。

やさしい英語で： A small enclosed shelter where chickens or other small animals are kept.

• The hens sleep in the coop.
• We built a new chicken coop behind the house.
• Have you cleaned the coops yet?

類義語： pen, enclosure

よく使う表現： chicken coop, wooden coop, clean the coop

閉じ込める

人や物を狭い場所に閉じ込めておく。長すぎる場合が多い。

やさしい英語で： To keep someone or something in a small space, often for too long.

• Do not coop the children up indoors.
• Bad weather cooped us up for three days.
• I hate being cooped up in a tiny office.

使い方： coop someone up in something (The rain cooped us up in the house all day.)

類義語： confine, shut in

反対語： release, free

よく使う表現： coop someone up, coop someone indoors, coop someone inside

小屋に閉じ込める

鳥や小さな動物を囲いのある小屋に入れる。

やさしい英語で： To put birds or small animals in an enclosed shelter.

• We coop the chickens at night.
• She cooped the hens before the storm.
• The farmer coops his birds to protect them from foxes.

使い方： coop something up (We coop the hens up before dark.)

類義語： pen, enclose

よく使う表現： coop the hens, coop the chickens, coop birds up