outdoor, cooped up, canon (PRIEST), security system, bandstand, hole up (somewhere)

I was moved into a general intensive care unit that evening and, for the first time in my life, experienced sleeping in an open ward in a long room with five beds on one side facing a long counter of doctors and nurses. In the middle of the night, in my half slumber and weak waking moments, I realised that sleeping in a space like an open office was rather nicer than being cooped up in a private room. 


"While the house is being dusted/ People not involved escape outdoors."
While able-bodied family members worked busily around the house, the elderly, the infirm and the children were cooped up in a room or told to stay outside. Apparently, those who wanted to goof off simply made themselves scarce.

Living Planet | 06.03.2008 | 04:30

"Forest Kindergartens" are Booming in Germany

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Forest kindergartens bring children back in touch with what was once our daily home

It is a Scandinavian concept, but it is booming in many countries. At Forest kindergartens, children spend the entire day outdoors, rain or shine. Living Planet visits one such kindergarten in Osnabrück, Germany.

Many children these days have little chance to experience nature. Their lives are spent holed up in classrooms or seated in the backseats of cars on their way from one scheduled activity to the next.

In Germany, however, a growing number of parents and educators are making the connection between early childhood learning and the outdoors. The growth of so-called "Forest Kindergartens," where children play entirely outside, rain or shine, is helping develop their bodies and brains as well as creating a lasting appreciation of nature.

Living Planet visits one such kindergarten in Osnabrück in the German state of Lower Saxony.

Reporter: Alison Hawkes


After lead worth £7,500 was taken from the roof of St. Peter & St. Paul, in Rutland, a county neighboring Leicestershire, the church canon, Stephen Evans, installed a security system with outdoor cameras. Movement on the roof sets off warnings that are sent to up to six mobile phones.

As Price of Lead Soars, British Churches Find Holes in Roof

類似 lead sheet或 leadwork等在"歐洲和近東之羅馬文化圈都很平常
看些近代的產品就可以了解

canon (PRIEST) Show phonetics
noun [C]
a Christian priest with special duties in a cathedral
secure (PROTECTED)


（屋根つきの）野外音楽堂.
n.

1. An outdoor stand or platform, often roofed, for a band or orchestra.
2. An indoor stand or platform for musicians and other performers.

Wikipedia article "Bandstand".


hole up (somewhere) phrasal verb INFORMAL
to stay in a safe place, often as a way of escape:

We'd better find some shelter and hole up until the storm passes.

cooped upadjective

 UK ​ /ˌkuːpt ˈʌp/ US ​ /ˌkuːpt ˈʌp/

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If you are cooped up somewhere, you are in a small closed spacefrom which you cannot escape, or you feel as if you are:

I hate being cooped up inside working when its a sunny day outside.

It's such a tiny office - don't you ever feel cooped up here?

coop sb/sth up phrasal verb [M]
to keep someone or something in an enclosed space:
I feel like I've been cooped up in this flat for days.