coop /ˈkup, ˈkʊp/
 籠,雞舍(v.)監獄,禁閉,把…關進籠子里


 Coop n.
 1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.]
 2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
 3. A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. [Scotch]


 Coop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooped p. pr. & vb. n. Cooping.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
    The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.   --Dryden.
    The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.   --Locke.
 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] “Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.”
 Syn: -- To crowd; confine; imprison.

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 co-op
      n : a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by
          farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods
          and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
          [syn: cooperative]


 coop
      n 1: a farm building for housing poultry [syn: chicken coop, hencoop,
            henhouse]
      2: an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or
         animals are kept [syn: cage]