"small cage for poultry," mid-14c., from Old English cype, cypa "basket, cask," akin to Middle Dutch kupe, Swedish kupa, and all probably from Latin cupa "tub, cask," from PIE *keup- "hollow mound" (see cup (n.)).
coop (v.)
1560s, from coop (n.). Related: Cooped; cooping.
中文解释
1. cup => coop.2. 谐音“箍扑”，coop中间的两个字母o, 像不像紧紧地将人箍住。
实用例句
1. Litter in the hen coop beds down if it is not raked.
鸡笼里的稻草如不清除会形成硬层.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. The chickens have all fled from their coop.
鸡炸了窝了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. The hen has flown away and the eggs in the coop are broken.
鸡飞蛋打.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. She graduates to senior stylist and then flies the coop to set up in a salon of her own.
她晋升为高级发型师，然后又冲破种种限制，开起了自己的发廊。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Lionel built a coop so that they could raise chickens and have a supply of fresh eggs.
