But, for some reason, we never say " hen coop" or " chicken house" .

但是，出于某种原因，我们从不说“chicken coop”或“hen house”。

Pork would have taken shame to himself had he spent her money when there were unguarded hen coops along the road and smokehouses handy.

至于波克本，他认为既然沿路有的是管的鸡笼和方便的熏腊室，他要是再花钱去买，那就未免太丢。

As she bandaged it for him, he explained awkwardly that when attempting to get into a hen coop at Fayetteville, he had been discovered.

思嘉替他包扎时他很难为情地解释说，他在弗耶特维尔进一个鸡窝，结果被家发现。

" Second one killed this term, " he explained. " It's either foxes or a Blood-Suckin Bugbear, an'I need the Headmaster's permission ter put a charm around the hen coop."

“是这学期被弄死的第二只，”他解释说，“要么是狐狸，要么是一个吸血的妖怪，我需要校长允许我在鸡棚周围施个咒语。”

He realized that the English ship let loose in the undefended Pacific would be like a fox in a hen coop, a wolf in a sheepfold.

他意识到， 在防御的太平洋上放一艘英国战舰， 就像在鸡窝里放一只狐狸，或在羊圈里放一只狼。