pen

ペン

インクを使って文字や絵を書く小さな道具。

やさしい英語で： A small tool that uses ink to write or draw.

• Can I borrow your pen?
• She signed the form with a blue pen.
• These pens have run out of ink.

よく使う表現： ballpoint pen, pen and paper, fountain pen

囲い、家畜の囲い

動物を入れておく、柵で囲まれた小さな場所。

やさしい英語で： A small area surrounded by a fence where animals are kept.

• The pigs are in their pen.
• He built a new pen for the sheep.
• Close the gate so the animals stay in the pen.

類義語： enclosure

よく使う表現： pig pen, sheep pen, cattle pen

刑務所、ムショ

重大な犯罪で有罪になった人が収容される施設。

やさしい英語で： A prison where people are kept after being found guilty of serious crimes.

• He spent five years in the pen.
• She was sent to the state pen.
• They met while serving time in the pen.

類義語： prison, penitentiary

よく使う表現： in the pen, federal pen, state pen

筆、文筆家

文章を書く人、またはその人の書き方や文体。

やさしい英語で： A writer, or the way someone writes.

• She has a sharp pen.
• The magazine attracted some of the finest pens of its time.
• These stories came from the pen of a young teacher.

よく使う表現： a sharp pen, a gifted pen, from the pen

書く、執筆する

手紙や物語、歌詞などの文章を書くこと。

やさしい英語で： To write a letter, story, song, or other piece of text.

• She penned a short letter.
• He has penned several songs for the band.
• The article was penned during her stay abroad.

類義語： write, compose

よく使う表現： pen a letter, pen a novel, pen a song, pen an article

囲いに入れる

動物を柵で囲まれた場所に入れること。

やさしい英語で： To put animals in an area surrounded by a fence.

• We penned the sheep before sunset.
• The cattle were penned near the barn.
• She penned up the pigs while the fence was repaired.

使い方： pen someone/something in/up (The farmer penned the sheep up before dark.)

類義語： enclose, confine

反対語： release

よく使う表現： pen up sheep, pen cattle, pen an animal

閉じ込める

人を簡単には出られない狭い場所に押し込めておくこと。

やさしい英語で： To keep someone in a small area that they cannot easily leave.

• The crowd was penned in behind barriers.
• Tall buildings penned us in on every side.
• She felt penned in by the narrow walls.

使い方： be penned in (We were penned in by parked cars.)

類義語： trap, confine, hem in

反対語： release, free

よく使う表現： pen someone in, pen in something