They had talked about setting up a chicken coop for years.

多年来，们一直在讨论建个鸡。

I can't believe you used to lock me up in this glorified chicken coop.

真不敢相信，你以前把我关在这个稍作美化的鸡窝。

We call these shelters either a " chicken coop" or a " hen house" .

我们称这些遮蔽处为“鸡”（“chicken coop”或“hen house”）。

While parents may feel sad, most children are happy to become independent and fly the coop.

虽然父母可能会感到难过，但大多数孩子都很高兴能够独立并逃离家。

You might say he " flew the coop" .

你可以说" 秘密逃离" 了。

They had talked about setting up a chicken coop for years. They finally did so this summer.

多年来，们一直在讨论盖一间鸡。今年夏天，们终于做到了。

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”。

With chickens in a coop, you know exactly where it happened.

而鸡有鸡，你就知道它在哪发生了。

Coop added that quarantines and mass blood screening campaigns are unnecessary.

埃弗雷特补充说，检疫和群集血液筛查都是没有必要的。

However, the expression " fly the coop" has another meaning.

然而，“fly the coop”一词还有另一层含义。

Living in the camp is like living in a prison or a chicken coop.

住在营地就像住在监狱或鸡。

If someone flies the coop, they leave suddenly or secretly.

如果某人“fly the coop”，们就是突然离开或偷偷离开。

For example, we could say a criminal who snuck out of prison flew the coop.

例如，我们可以说一个溜出监狱的罪犯“fly the coop”。

" To fly the coop" is a very informal expression that means the children have left the family home.

“To fly the coop”是一个非常非正式的表达，意思是孩子们已经离开了家。

Sometimes the chickens roosted in the woodshed and sometimes, when it was cold, in a coop near the oven.

鸡有时把柴房当它们的窝，天冷时就进了火炉旁的鸡笼。

In back was the garage, the chicken coop and the second-growth timber like a hedge against the woods behind.

屋后有车库、鸡棚，还有些二茬树，像堵树篱，隔开后面的林子。

We have on a farm something called a " chicken coop."

我们在农场有一个叫做“鸡” 的东西。

Grandpa was building a coop with a fence around it.

爷爷正在建造一个鸡，周围有栅栏。

A coop is a small structure people make for domesticated birds - namely chickens: hens and roosters.

笼子是人们为家禽——即鸡：母鸡和公鸡——制作的一种小型结构。

The subject used it to repair a chicken coop, then gave it away.

受试者用它修了一个鸡， 然后把它送人了。