cage: [13] English acquired cage via Old French cage from Latin cavea, which meant ‘enclosure for animals, such as a coop, hive, or stall’, and also ‘dungeon’. This is usually referred to Latin cavus ‘hollow’, from which English gets cave and cavern, although not all etymologists agree with this derivation. A Vulgar Latin derivative of cavea, *caveola, was the ancestor of English gaol, and cavea has also been postulated as the ultimate source of cabinet. => cabinet, cave, decoy, gaol, jail
cage (n.)
early 13c., from Old French cage "cage, prison; retreat, hideout" (12c.), from Latin cavea "hollow place, enclosure for animals, coop, hive, stall, dungeon, spectators' seats in the theater" (source also of Italian gabbia "basket for fowls, coop;" see cave (n.)).
cage (v.)
1570s, from cage (n.). Related: Caged; caging.
雙語例句
1. He opened up a cage and lifted out a 6ft python.
他打開籠子，拎出一條6英尺長的蟒蛇。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism.
凱奇改了名字以避免別人指責(zé)他搞裙帶關(guān)系。
來自柯林斯例句
3. If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working.