cage
n
1 structure made of bars or wires in which birds or animals are kept or carried 鸟笼; 兽槛.
2 enclosed platform used to raise and lower people and equipment in the shaft of a mine (矿井中的)升降车. cage v
1 [Tn] put or keep (sb/sth) in a cage 将(某人[某物])关入笼中.
2 (phr v) cage sb in make sb feel that he is in a cage 使某人觉得身困笼中
I felt terribly caged in in that office. 我呆在那个办公室里感觉真像在笼子里一样.
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.