A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
PHRASE
挣脱束缚;逃离
If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
例句
...a family whose children have grown up and flown the coop...孩子们已经长大离家开始自己生活的家庭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。
英汉词典释义
n.
(关家禽等的)笼子,栏舍
Young cocks love no coops.小公鸡不恋笼。If the chickens come out of their coops early,it will rain during the day.鸡出笼早,当天雨到。
拘禁的场所
He was never happy living at home with his parents, so as soon as possible he flew the coop and got his own place.他跟父母住在一起时从来没开心过,所以他尽早离开家,有了自己的小窝。
vt.
把…关在笼子(或栏舍等)中;把…拘禁起来
We’ve been cooped up (indoors) for hours because of the rain.这场雨把我们困了(在屋里)几个小时。He was cooped up in a tiny room.他被禁锢在一个小房间里。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a farm building for housing poultry
2. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept