pent /ˈpɛnt/
(a.)被關在欄圈里的,被幽禁的;鬱積的
Pen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Penned or Pent (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Penning.] To shut up, as in a pen or cage; to confine in a small inclosure or narrow space; to coop up, or shut in; to inclose. “Away with her, and pen her up.”
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve. --Milton.
Pent p. p. ∨ a. Penned or shut up; confined; -- often with up.
Here in the body pent. --J. Montgomery.
No pent-up Utica contracts your powers. --J. M. Sewall.
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pen
n 1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2: an enclosure for confining livestock
3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
[syn: playpen]
4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major
crimes [syn: penitentiary]
5: female swan
v : produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, indite]
[also: pent, penning, penned]
pent
adj : closely confined [syn: shut up(p)]