penning

英 [ˈpenɪŋ]

美 [ˈpenɪŋ]

v.  写; (把…)关起来，圈起来
pen的现在分词

复数：pennings　

化学

柯林斯词典

• See also:fountain pen
• VERB 写；书写
  If someonepensa letter, article, or book, they write it.
  1. I really intended to pen this letter to you early this morning...
     我真的打算今天一大早给你写这封信的。
  2. She penned a short memo to his private secretary.
     她给他的私人秘书写了一份简短的备忘录。
• See also:...a holding pen for sheep...He wasn't sure exactly how a fox could have got into the sheep's pen.playpen
• VERB 把…关起来；把…圈起来
  If people or animalsare pennedsomewhere orare penned up, they are forced to remain in a very small area.
  1. ...to drive the cattle back to the house so they could be milked and penned for the night...
     将牛群赶回家，这样就能挤奶并将其关进牛棚过夜
  2. The goats are penned in and fodder has to be cut and carried each day...
     山羊被关进圈里，每天都得铡草运料。
  3. I don't have to stay in my room penned up like a prisoner.
     我不必像个囚犯一样被关在房间里。
• 监狱
  People sometimes saythe pento refer to a prison.
• PHRASE 动笔；下笔
  If youput pen to paper, you write something.
  1. Whenever he put pen to paper he was at a loss for the right words to break the news.
     他每次一提笔就不知道如何措辞透露这个消息。

英英释义

noun

• the act of creating written works
  1. writing was a form of therapy for him
  2. it was a matter of disputed authorship
  Synonym:writingauthorshipcomposition

双语例句

• It was snowing heavily as I was penning the preface for "The Route Out of Yunnan".
  落笔为今年的首展《出云南记》作序时，窗外正是大雪纷飞。
• Indeed, when the occupy movement starts penning articles in the financial times quoting Hayek, you could say that political expression has reached surreal new levels.
  事实上，当英国《金融时报》上关于“占领”运动的文章开始引用哈耶克（hayek）时，可以说，政治表达已经到达了不可思议的新水平。
• The Brazilian's contract expires at the end of this season and his agent Gilmar Rinaldi confirmed that he would not be penning a new deal.
  这名巴西人的合同将在这个赛季结束时到期，他的经纪人里纳尔迪确认球员将不会续约。
• She calls herself a cancer graduate, swears by the prowess of yoga and is penning a book on the disease.
  她称自己是个癌症毕业生，对瑜珈非凡的能力推崇备至，现正著手撰写关于这疾病的一本书。
• Use: Primary use is corrals and penning for high pressure areas for large cattle, buffalo and horses.
  用途：主要用于圆形圈子和围栏这些高强度的大牲畜，野牛和马。
• He also worked on Nico's Chelsea Girl, both by playing guitar and penning the classic song "These Days".
  他还致力于尼科的切尔西女孩，都是由玩吉他和潘宁的经典歌曲，这些天。
• Rita heard about him from her mother that he had become a poet and writer and was penning a book.
  丽塔从谢瑞什妈妈那得知他成了一位诗人和作家，并且正在写一本书。
• I remember penning a piece in the Financial Times after the Asian crisis arguing that China was bound to supplant Japan as the leader of regional growth.
  我记得，在亚洲危机之后，我在英国《金融时报》写过一篇文章，指出中国一定会取代日本，成为地区增长的龙头。
• He earns twenty sous a day at an attorney's by penning quibbles.
  他在一个律师家里写讼词，每天已能赚二十个苏了。
• In fact, I'm penning this column from the tropical heat of Tokyo and, while it can be uncomfortable, it is also bearable if you have the right tools.
  事实上，我正在东京的酷热中写这篇专栏。虽然可能不舒服，但如果你有合适的工具，它也是可以忍受的。